# The Milk (Cessation of Production) (England and Wales) Scheme 1987, Section 8: Unreasonable refusal of consent

Extent: E+W

(1) For the purposes of paragraph 7, a landlord shall have unreasonably refused his consent to an application if—
(a) having been served with a notice informing him of the tenant’s application or intention to make an application, he has not, within 21 days of service on him of that notice, served a notice objecting to that application on one or more of the grounds specified in paragraph 9 on—
(i) the tenant,
(ii) his immediate lessee or licensee, where that person is not the tenant, and
(iii) where the application has already been made, the appropriate Minister; or
(b) he has so objected, but on arbitration under paragraph 10 an arbitrator has made a determination not to uphold the objection, and the arbitrator’s determination has not been reversed, and there is not pending in respect thereof an appeal lodged under paragraph 17.
(2) If a landlord objects to the determination of an arbitrator, he may, within 14 days of the delivery of that determination, lodge an appeal under paragraph 17, and, in that event, he shall serve a notice on—
(a) the tenant,
(b) his immediate lessee or licensee, where that person is not the tenant; and
(c) the appropriate Minister,
informing them of that appeal; and during that period of 14 days, there shall, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), be deemed to be pending an appeal lodged under paragraph 16.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/908/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/milk-cessation-of-production-england-and-wales-scheme-1987/section-8
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