Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (-)
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1.-(1) In this Act "agricultural holding" means the aggregate of the land (whether agricultural land or not) comprised in a contract of tenancy which is a contract for an agricultural tenancy, not being a contract under which the land is let to the tenant during his continuance in any office, appointment of employment held under the landlord.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a contract of tenancy relating to any land is a contract for an agricultural tenancy if, having regard to-
(a) the terms of the tenancy,
(b) the actual or contemplated use of the land at the time of the conclusion the contract and subsequently, and
(c) any other relevant circumstances,
the whole of the land comprised in the contract, subject to such exceptions only as do not substantially affect the character of the tenancy, is let for use as agricultural land.
(3) A change in user of the land concerned subsequent to the conclusion of a contract of tenancy which involves any breach of the terms of the tenancy shall be disregarded for the purpose of determining whether a contract which was not originally a contract for an agricultural tenancy has subsequently become one unless it is effected with the landlord's permission, consent or acquiescence.
(4) In this Act "agricultural land" means-
(a) land used for agriculture which is so used for the purposes of a trade of business, and
(b) any other land which, by virtue of a designation under section 109(1|) of the Agriculture Act 1947, is agricultural land within the meaning of that Act
96. "agriculture" includes horticulture, fruit growing, seed growing, dairy farming and livestock breeding and keeping, the use of land as grazing land, meadow land, osier land, market gardens and nursery grounds, and the use of land for woodlands where that use is ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes, and "agricultural" shall be construed accordingly.
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(1) Where . . .
(a) notice to quit an agricultural holding or part of an agricultural holding is given to the tenant and
(b) not later than one month from the giving of the notice to quit the tenant serves on the landlord a counter-notice in writing requiring that this sub-section shall apply to the notice to quit, then, subject to sub-section (2) below, the notice to quit shall not have effect unless, on an application by the landlord the [Agricultural Land] Tribunal consent to its operation.
