231Modifications of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1948.
(1)Section 9 of the [1948 c. 63.] Agricultural Holdings Act 1948 (increase of rent for improvements carried out by landlord) applies to improvements carried out in compliance with an improvement notice or an undertaking accepted under this Part as it applies to improvements carried out at the request of the tenant; but where a tenant has contributed to the cost incurred by his landlord in carrying out the improvement, the increase in rent provided for by that section shall be reduced proportionately.
(2)Works carried out in compliance with an improvement notice or an undertaking accepted under this Part shall be included among the improvements specified in paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the [1948 c. 63.] Agricultural Holdings Act 1948 (tenant’s right to compensation for erection, alteration or enlargement of buildings); but subject to the power conferred by section 78 of that Act to amend that Schedule.
(3)Section 49 of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1948 (tenant’s right to compensation conditional on landlord consenting to the carrying out of the improvements) does not apply to works carried out in compliance with an improvement notice or an undertaking accepted under this Part.
(4)Where a person other than the tenant claiming compensation has contributed to the cost of carrying out works in compliance with an improvement notice or an undertaking accepted under this Part, compensation in respect of the works, as assessed under section 48 of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1948, shall be reduced proportionately.