Agricultural Land Tribunals (Amendment) Order 1974
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1974/67 |
| Year | 1974 |
1974 No. 67
AGRICULTURE
The Agricultural Land Tribunals (Amendment) Order 197414thJanuary 1974
25thJanuary 1974
1stMarch 1974
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 73 of the Agriculture Act 1947(a), as amended(b), and after consultation with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 10 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971(c), hereby makes the following Order:—
1. This Order may be cited as the Agricultural Land Tribunals (Amendment) Order 1974 and shall come into operation on 1st March 1974.
2.—(1) In this Order a rule or form referred to by number means the rule or form so numbered in or in the appendix to the Agricultural Land Tribunals Rules 1959 which are set out in the Schedule to the Agricultural Land Tribunals and Notices to Quit Order 1959(d), as amended(e).
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(f) shall apply to the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3. In rule 19(4) after the word "notice" there shall be inserted the words "(substantially in accordance with Form 15)".
4. For rule 24 there shall be substituted the following rule:—
"Evidence
24(1) The tribunal may admit evidence notwithstanding that it would not be admissible in a court of law.
(2) Evidence before the tribunal may be given—
(a) orally, subject to any direction of the tribunal under rule 25(3), or
(b) by affidavit, if the parties to the proceedings consent, or
(c) by means of written statements produced by the maker when giving oral evidence or, if the tribunal consent, by another witness.
(3) At any stage of the proceedings the tribunal may, of its own motion or on the application of any party, order the personal attendance of the deponent or the maker of any written statement for examination and cross-examination."
(a) 1947 c. 48.
(b) By section 8(1) of and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Agriculture Act 1958 (c. 71).
(c) 1971 c. 62.
(d) S.I. 1959/81(1959 I, p. 91).
(e) The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1959/359, 1961/1755, 1972/1207 (1959 I, p. 118; 1961 III, p. 3402: 1972 II, p. 3582).
(f) 1889 c. 63.
5. The form contained in the Schedule to this Order shall be added after Form 14.
6. The Agricultural Land Tribunals (Transitional Provisions) Order 1968(a) is hereby revoked.
Hailsham of St. Marylebone, C.
Dated 4th January 1974.
SCHEDULE
Form 15
AGRICULTURAL LAND TRIBUNAL
Notice of Hearing
Land at:
Applicant/s:
Respondent/s:
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