{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-calculation-of-value-for-compensation-regulations-1978/schedule-1/part-I/chapter-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-calculation-of-value-for-compensation-regulations-1978/schedule-1/part-I/chapter-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1978/809",
  "legislation_title": "The Agriculture (Calculation of Value for Compensation) Regulations 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-calculation-of-value-for-compensation-regulations-1978",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/I/chapter/1",
  "kind": "chapter",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Mole drainage and works carried out to secure the efficient functioning thereof",
  "text": "(1) (a) Where the moles discharge into a piped main drain, the value shall (subject to sub-paragraph (2) below) be the reasonable cost of the work less one-sixth for each year since the work was completed;\n(b) Where the moles discharge direct into an open ditch (whether the outfalls are piped or not), the value shall (subject to sub-paragraph (2) below) be the reasonable cost of the work less one-third for each year since the work was completed.\n(2) If the value of any work, calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) above, exceeds the actual value to an incoming tenant, in any case where—\n(a) plans on a suitable scale, made at the time when the work was done, and showing the position of all moles, mains and outfalls, are not made available to the landlord; or\n(b) moles were not drawn at a proper depth, having regard to the nature of the soil and subsoil; or\n(c) any ditches into which the outfalls discharge have not been maintained clean, free from obstruction and at a proper depth since the work was done; or\n(d) deep cultivation or other work interfering with the efficient functioning of the drains has been done on the land since the drainage work was completed; or\n(e) the land is not of consistently suitable slope or soil texture for mole drainage to be effective; or\n(f) the drainage scheme was not a proper one, having regard to all the conditions, or was not efficiently carried out; or\n(g) for any other reason, the drainage system does not function efficiently,\nthe value so calculated shall be reduced so as not to exceed such actual value.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1980/751",
      "affecting_title": "The Agriculture (Calculation of Value for Compensation) (Amendment) Regulations 1980"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1980/751",
      "affecting_title": "The Agriculture (Calculation of Value for Compensation) (Amendment) Regulations 1980"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1983/1475",
      "affecting_title": "The Agriculture (Calculation of Value for Compensation) (Amendment) Regulations 1983"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1983/1475",
      "affecting_title": "The Agriculture (Calculation of Value for Compensation) (Amendment) Regulations 1983"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1981/822",
      "affecting_title": "The Agriculture (Calculation of Value for Compensation) (Amendment) Regulations 1981"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1981/822",
      "affecting_title": "The Agriculture (Calculation of Value for Compensation) (Amendment) Regulations 1981"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/809/schedule/1/part/I/chapter/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:34:28.087777+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."
}