# The Agriculture (Time-Limit) Regulations 1988, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Under section 6 of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (“the Act”) a landlord or tenant of an agricultural holding may go to arbitration either—
(a) to establish in writing the terms of his tenancy agreement; or
(b) to amend an existing agreement if it does not make provision for one or more of the matters specified in Schedule 1 to the Act.
Regulations may be made under section 7(1) of the Act prescribing model clauses relating to the maintenance, repair and insurance of the fixed equipment on agricultural holdings. A new regulation, the Agriculture (Maintenance, Repair and Insurance of Fixed Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 which amends the Agriculture (Maintenance, Repair and Insurance of Fixed Equipment) Regulations 1973 (S.I. 1973/1473) comes into force on 24th March 1988. However under section 9(4) of the Act, if a reference to arbitration is made under section 6 of the Act within a prescribed period after the coming into force of new regulations made under section 7(1) the new regulations are to be disregarded by the arbitrator.
The present Regulations fix the prescribed period in respect to the Agriculture (Maintenance, Repair and Insurance of Fixed Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 1988. This period is three months from the coming into force of the 1988 Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/282/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-time-limit-regulations-1988/note
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