Introductory text

Landlord And Tenant, Wales

Agricultural Holdings

Made 24 September 2019

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 26 September 2019

Coming into force 1 November 2019

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(1) and (2) of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986^f1.

In accordance with section 7(1) of that Act, the Welsh Ministers have consulted such bodies appearing to represent the interests of landlords and tenants of agricultural holdings.

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Footnotes

f1: 1986 c. 5; section 96(1) defines “prescribed” as prescribed by the Minister by Regulations, and “the Minister” as the Secretary of State in relation to Wales. Functions of the Minister under the Act are now exercisable by the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) by virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672),) and section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). Section 7(2) was amended by section 13 of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to, the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20) to include “third party determination”. See also section 84A inserted by paragraph 21 of that Schedule.