Section 48 Tenant’s right to compensation for new improvements.

Scotland

(1)

The tenant shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be entitled at the termination of the tenancy, on quitting the holding, to obtain from the landlord compensation for a new improvement carried out by the tenant:

Provided that where the lease was entered into before the first day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, the tenant shall not be entitled to compensation under this section for an improvement which he was required to carry out by the terms of his tenancy.

(2)

Nothing in this section shall prejudice the right of a tenant to claim any compensation to which he may be entitled under an agreement in writing in lieu of any compensation provided by this section.

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (25.9.1991) by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55, SIF 2:3), ss. 88(2), 89(2), Sch. 13 Pt.I (with s. 45(3), Sch. 12 paras. 1, 3)
F2: Act repealed (25.9.1991) by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55, SIF 2:3), ss. 88(2), 89(2), Sch. 13 Pt.I (with s. 45(3), Sch. 12 paras. 1, 3)