The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013

Agriculture Act 1947

190.  In section 73 (establishment, constitution and procedure of agricultural land tribunals)(1)—

(a) in the heading for “Tribunals” substitute “Tribunal”;

(b) for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) For Wales, there shall continue to be an Agricultural Land Tribunal with the duty of hearing and determining references and applications made to the Agricultural Land Tribunal under any enactment.”;

(c) in subsection (2), for “Agricultural Land Tribunals”, substitute “the Agricultural Land Tribunal”;

(d) in subsection (3)—

(i) for “Agricultural Land Tribunals”, substitute “the Agricultural Land Tribunal”;

(ii) in paragraphs (aa) and (b) at both places, for “Tribunals” substitute “Agricultural Land Tribunal”;

(iii) after paragraph (c) insert—

“(d) for the transfer of proceedings for the purposes of section 42 of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (procedure where deceased held more than one holding), where the determination of associated applications concerns one or more holdings in Wales and one or more holdings in England.”;

(e) in subsection (4), for “Agricultural Land Tribunals”, substitute “the Agricultural Land Tribunal”;

(f) in subsection (5), for “An Agricultural Land Tribunal” substitute “The Agricultural Land Tribunal”.

(1)

Section 73 has been amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Agriculture Act 1958 (c. 71) and by paragraphs 29 and 30 of Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4).