Small Holdings Act 1910
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1910 c. 34 |
| Year | 1910 |
Small Holdings Act, 1910
(10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5.) CHAPTER 34.
An Act to provide compensation to tenants on whom notice to quit is served with a view to the use of the land for the provision of Small Holdings under the Small Holdings and Allotments Act, 1908.
[3rd August 1910]
B E 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:
1 Compensation to tenants for disturbance.
(1) Where a council, or a landlord at the request of a council, terminates a tenancy of land by notice to quit, with a view to the use of the land or any part thereof by the council for the provision of small holdings, the tenant upon quitting shall be entitled to recover from the council compensation for the loss or expense directly attributable to the quitting which the tenant may unavoidably incur upon or in connection with the sale or removal of his household goods or his implements of husbandry, produce, or farm stock on or used in connection with the land:
Provided that no compensation under this section shall be payable—
(a ) unless the tenant has given to the council a reasonable opportunity of making a valuation of such goods, implements, produce, and stock as aforesaid; or
(b ) if the claim for compensation is not made within three months after the time at which the tenant quits.
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.
(2) The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries shall, out of the Small Holdings Account, repay to a council any compensation paid by the council under an award or with the consent or approval of the Board, and also any expenses which, in the opinion of the Board, have been necessarily or reasonably incurred by the council in relation to any claim for compensation under this section.
(3) This section shall apply where a tenancy is terminated after the commencement of this Act, whether the notice to quit is given before or after such commencement.
2 Application to tenancies terminated before commencement of Act.
2. Where a tenancy has been terminated before the commencement of this Act, and the tenant proves to the satisfaction of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries...
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