2022 No. 1356

Landlord And Tenant, England And Wales

The Agricultural Holdings (Fee) Regulations 2022

Made

Coming into force

The Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(4), 84(4) and 96(1) of the Agricultural Holdings Act 19861.

In accordance with section 94(3) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament, and a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of Senedd Cymru.

Citation, commencement and extent1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Agricultural Holdings (Fee) Regulations 2022.

2

These Regulations come into force 21 days after the day on which they are made.

3

These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Prescribed fee2

The fee for an application made to a professional authority2 for the appointment of—

a

a person under section 22(2) of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, or

b

an arbitrator under section 84(2) of that Act,

is £195.

Review3

1

The Secretary of State must from time to time carry out a review of the regulatory provisions of these Regulations as they apply to England.

2

The first review carried out under paragraph (1) must be completed before the expiry of the period of five years beginning on the date on which these Regulations come into force.

3

Subsequent reviews carried out under paragraph (1) must be completed at intervals not exceeding five years.

4

The Welsh Ministers must from time to time carry out a review of the regulatory provisions of these Regulations as they apply to Wales.

5

The first review carried out under paragraph (4) must be completed before the expiry of the period of five years beginning on the date on which these Regulations come into force.

6

Subsequent reviews carried out under paragraph (4) must be completed at intervals not exceeding five years.

Revocation4

The Agricultural Holdings (Fee) Regulations 19963 are revoked.

Mark SpencerMinister of StateDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Lesley GriffithsMinister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnyddone of the Welsh Ministers
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke and replace the Agricultural Holdings (Fee) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/337, “the 1996 Regulations”). They set the fee to be paid when requesting the appointment, by a professional authority, of an arbitrator or person to make records at £195. The corresponding fee prescribed under the 1996 Regulations was £115.

Regulation 3 provides for these Regulations to be reviewed every 5 years.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.