{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-holdings-act-1986/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-holdings-act-1986/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/5",
  "legislation_title": "Agricultural Holdings Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-holdings-act-1986",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Restriction on agreements excluding effect of section 3.",
  "text": "(1) Except as provided in this section, section 3 above shall have effect notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary.\n(2) Where before the grant of a tenancy of an agricultural holding for a term of not less than two, and not more than five, years—\n(a) the persons who will be the landlord and the tenant in relation to the tenancy agree that section 3 above shall not apply to the tenancy, and\n(b) those persons make a joint application in writing to the Minister for his approval of that agreement, and\n(c) the Minister notifies them of his approval,\nsection 3 shall not apply to the tenancy if it satisfies the requirements of subsection (3) below.\n(3) A tenancy satisfies the requirements of this subsection if the contract of tenancy is in writing and it, or a statement endorsed upon it, indicates (in whatever terms) that section 3 does not apply to the tenancy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/5/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:34.910760+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}