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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-regulations-1994/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/947",
  "legislation_title": "The Arable Area Payments Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-regulations-1994",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule—,\n(a) “agricultural tenancy from year to year” means a tenancy from year to year created under a contract for an agricultural tenancy as defined by section 1(2) of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, or an agreement to which section 2 or 3 of that Act applies unless that agreement takes effect as an agreement approved by the Minister in accordance with section 2 or 5 of that Act;\n(b) a farmer has “relevant tenure” of agricultural land where he is the tenant of that land under an agricultural tenancy from year to year, a tenancy for a fixed term or an agreement approved by the Minister in accordance with section 2 or 5 of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986; or where he farms that land under a sharefarming agreement;\n(c) “specified period” means the set-aside period and the period of two years prior to its commencement; and\n(d) an agricultural tenancy from year to year was granted by “succession” where it was—\n(i) obtained by virtue of a direction under section 39 or 53 of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (direction for a grant of tenancy to successor on death or retirement of the previous tenant);\n(ii) granted (following a direction under section 39 of that Act) in circumstances within section 45(6) of that Act (new tenancy granted by agreement to persons entitled to a tenancy under direction); or\n(iii) granted in circumstances within section 37(1)(b) or (2) of that Act (tenancy granted by agreement to a close relative).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/947/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:35:37.543462+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."
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