Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991

Part II Grounds for Consent to Operation of Notice to Quit a Tenancy Let on or After 1 January 1984

Case 4

The tenant does not have sufficient financial resources to enable him to farm the holding with reasonable efficiency.

Case 5

The tenant has neither sufficient training in agriculture nor sufficient experience in the farming of land to enable him to farm the holding with reasonable efficiency:

Provided that this Case shall not apply where the tenant has been engaged, throughout the period from the date of death of the person from whom he acquired right to the lease, in a course of relevant training in agriculture which he is expected to complete satisfactorily within 4 years from the said date, and has made arrangements to secure that the holding will be farmed with reasonable efficiency until he completes that course.

Case 6

(a)

The holding or any agricultural unit of which it forms part is not a two-man unit;

(b)

the landlord intends to use the holding for the purpose of effecting an amalgamation within 2 years after the termination of the tenancy; and

(c)

the notice specifies the land with which the holding is to be amalgamated.

Case 7

The tenant is the occupier (either as owner or tenant) of agricultural land which—

(a) is a two-man unit;

(b) is distinct from the holding; and

(c) has been occupied by him throughout the period from the date of giving of the notice;

and the notice specifies the land.