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Agricultural Holdings Act 1914

As Enacted Cited authorities 2 Cited in Amendments 3 Related
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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1914 c. 7
Year1914


Agricultural Holdings Act, 1914

(4 & 5 Geo. 5.) CHAPTER 7.

An Act to extend the provisions of section eleven of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1908, to the determination of tenancies in connection with the sale of holdings.

[31st July 1914]

Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

S-1 Compensation for disturbance in connection with sale.

1 Compensation for disturbance in connection with sale.

(1) Notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, where the tenancy of a holding is terminated after the passing of this Act by notice to quit given after that date—

(a ) in view of the sale or offering for sale of the holding or any part thereof; or

(b ) by or at the request of the purchaser of the holding before the expiration of one calendar year after completion of the purchase of the holding for any reason other than the wrongful act or default of the tenant in relation to the holding;

the tenant shall be entitled to recover compensation in terms of, and subject to the provisions of, section eleven of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1908 , except that the notice by the tenant of his intention to claim compensation required by that section may be given at any time not less than two months before the determination of the tenancy.

(2) Compensation under this section shall not be payable in any case to which the Small Holdings Act, 1910 , applies.

(3) In the event of any difference arising as to any matter under this section the difference shall, in default of agreement, be settled by arbitration.

S-2 Short title and construction.

2 Short title and construction.

2. This Act may be cited as theAgricultural Holdings Act, 1914, and shall be construed as one with the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1908 and 1913, and those Acts and this Act may be cited together as the Agricultural Holdings Acts, 1908 to 1914.

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