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Paragraph 1

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For the purposes of this Act, the owner of agricultural land shall be deemed to fulfil his responsibilities to manage it in accordance with the rules of good estate management in so far as his management of the land and (so far as it affects the management of that land) of other land managed by him is such as to be reasonably adequate, having regard to the character and situation of the land and other relevant circumstances, to enable an occupier of the land reasonably skilled in husbandry to maintain efficient production as respects both the kind of produce and the quality and quantity thereof.

Notes on Schedule FIFTH

Modifications

C1

Sch. 5 applied by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949 (c. 75), s. 93(2) and Opencast Coal Act 1958 (c. 69), s. 22(3), Sch. 3 para. 7(4)(5); restricted by Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 21), s. 38(3), Sch. 6 Pt. I

C2

Sch. 5 extended (25. 9. 1991) by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55), ss. 85(2), 89(2) (with s. 45(3), Sch. 12 para. 3)