Agricultural Holdings Act 1986

58 Effect of direction under section 53 on succession to other holdings.E+W

Where—

(a)the retiring tenant, being the sole (or sole surviving) tenant of the holding, dies, and

(b)the nominated successor is for the time being entitled to a tenancy of the holding by virtue of a direction under section 53(7) above,

then for the purpose of determining whether, in relation to any other agricultural holding held by the retiring tenant at the date of his death, the nominated successor is a person in whose case the condition specified in paragraph (b) of section 36(3) above is satisfied, the nominated successor shall be deemed to be in occupation of the holding.