SCHEDULE 3Agricultural tenancies
PART 1Amendments to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986
Succession on death or retirement: condition relating to occupation of commercial unit
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(1)
Section 50 (right to apply for new tenancy on retirement of tenant) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (2)—
(a)
omit the words from “(subject to” to “subsection (4) below)”;
(b)
for “conditions are” substitute “
condition is
”
;
(c)
omit paragraph (b) and the preceding “and”.
(3)
“(4)
For the purposes of the condition in subsection (2)(a), any period during which a close relative of the retiring tenant was, in the period of seven years mentioned in that condition, attending a full-time course at a university, college or other establishment of higher or further education shall be treated as a period throughout which the relative's only or principal source of livelihood derived from the relative's agricultural work on the holding; but not more than three years in all shall be so treated by virtue of this subsection.”