Agriculture Act 1947

3(1)The period within which notice in writing of the occurrence of damage to crops from game must be given to a landlord under section eleven of the Act of 1923 in order that a claim under that section for the damage may be made by a tenant shall be one month from the time at which the tenant of the holding first became, or ought reasonably to have become, aware of the occurrence of the damage ; and accordingly in subsection (2) of that section for the words " as soon as may be after the damage was first observed by the tenant" there shall be substituted the words " before the expiration of one month after the tenant of the holding first became, or ought reasonably to have become, aware of the occurrence of the damage ".

(2)Subsection (3) of the said section eleven (which makes special provision for agreements made before the year nineteen hundred and nine) shall cease to have effect.

(3)Any question arising under subsection (4) of the said section eleven (which provides for the indemnification of a landlord against claims under that section for damage from game in a case where the sporting rights are vested in some other person) shall be determined by arbitration under the Act of 1923 in the like manner as questions arising on a claim under that section by a tenant.