This Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct errors in S.I. 2024/797 (W. 126) and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Welsh Statutory Instruments
Landlord And Tenant, Wales
Made
27 February 2025
Laid before Senedd Cymru
28 February 2025
Coming into force
21 March 2025
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8A(7) of the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995(1), make the following Regulations.
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Agricultural Tenancies (Requests for Landlord’s Consent or Variation of Terms) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 21 March 2025.
2.—(1) The Agricultural Tenancies (Requests for Landlord’s Consent or Variation of Terms) (Wales) Regulations 2024(2) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a)in the Welsh text, at the end of paragraph (f) in the definition of “cymorth ariannol perthnasol”, insert “neu”;
(b)in paragraph (c) in the definition of “statutory duty”, for “retained direct EU legislation” substitute “assimilated direct legislation”.
(3) In regulation 3 (request for landlord’s consent or variation of terms), in paragraph (8), for “2 months” substitute “4 months”.
(4) In regulation 4 (awards or determinations by the arbitrator), in paragraph (2)(d), after “award” insert “or determination”.
Huw Irranca-Davies
Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers
27 February 2025
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations correct errors in the Agricultural Tenancies (Requests for Landlord’s Consent or Variation of Terms) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (“the 2024 Regulations”).
Part 1 contains introductory provisions.
Part 2 contains the correcting amendments to the 2024 Regulations.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.
1995 c. 8. Section 8A was inserted by section 24(4) of the Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023 (asc 4).