Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976

SupplementalE+W

[F13(1)For the purposes of this Schedule the modifications of Part I of the Rent Act 1977 are as follows.E+W

(2)Omit sections 5 (tenancies at low rents) and 10 (tenancy of a dwelling-house comprised in any agricultural holding etc.).

[F2(2A)In section 5A (exclusion of certain shared ownership leases), in subsection (2)(g) (condition that lease states landlord’s opinion that 1977 Act does not apply) for the reference to the 1977 Act substitute a reference to this Act.]

(3)For section 7 (payments for board or attendance) substitute:—

“7(1)A tenancy is not a protected tenancy if it is a bona fide term of the tenancy that the landlord provides the tenant with board or attendance.

(2)For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that meals provided in the course of a person’s employment in agriculture do not constitute board for the purposes of this section; and a term that the landlord provides the tenant with attendance shall not be taken to be a bona fide term for those purposes unless, having regard to its value to the tenant, the attendance is substantial.”]

Textual Amendments

4E+WThe other provisions of [F3the Rent Act 1977] which are relevant for the purposes of the above definitions, and which are therefore also applied by this Schedule, include—

  • section 1 (definition of “protected tenancy”);

  • [F4section 13] (no protected or statutory tenancy where landlord’s interest belongs to Crown);

  • [F4sections 14 to 16] (no protected or statutory tenancy where landlord’s interest belongs to local authority, etc.);

  • [F4section 12] (no protected tenancy in certain cases where landlord’s interest belongs to resident landlord);

  • [F4section 25] (rateable value and appropriate day).

Textual Amendments