# The Smallholdings (Selection of Tenants) (Amendment) Regulations 1976, Note: Explanatory note


These regulations amend the Smallholdings (Selection of Tenants) Regulations 1970 by adding a provision requiring a smallholdings authority first to consider applications to succeed to a deceased tenant's holding by certain specified near relatives, and only to consider applications by any other persons in the event of every application by a near relative having been refused.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/2001/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/smallholdings-selection-of-tenants-amendment-regulations-1976/note
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