# The Smallholdings (Full-Time Employment) Regulations 1970, Regulation 3: Estimate of full-time employment capability


(1) For the purposes of section 39(2) of the Act (which relates to a holding which shall be treated as falling within the upper limit for a small-holding), the number of men for whom a holding is capable, when farmed under reasonably skilled management, of providing full-time employment shall be estimated by reference to the standard labour requirements of the holding in accordance with the Schedule to these regulations, it being assumed that a system of husbandry suitable for the district is followed and that the greater part of the feeding stuffs required by any livestock kept on the holding is grown there.
(2) A holding shall be treated as being capable of providing full-time employment for not more than two men (including the person to whom it is let) with or without additional part-time employment for another man if its standard labour requirements are less than 900 standard man-days in aggregate in a year on average.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1970/1050/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/smallholdings-full-time-employment-regulations-1970/regulation-3
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