{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-tenancies-act-1995/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-tenancies-act-1995/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/8",
  "legislation_title": "Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-tenancies-act-1995",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Tenancies which cannot be farm business tenancies.",
  "text": "(1) A tenancy cannot be a farm business tenancy for the purposes of this Act if—\n(a) the tenancy begins before 1st September 1995, or\n(b) it is a tenancy of an agricultural holding beginning on or after that date with respect to which, by virtue of section 4 of this Act, the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 applies.\n(2) In this section “agricultural holding” has the same meaning as in the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1986 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1986 c. 5."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/8/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:20.063625+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."
}