There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976, Cross Heading: Dwelling-house in qualifying ownership.
3(1)A dwelling-house in relation to which a person (“the occupier”) has a licence or tenancy is in qualifying ownership for the purposes of this Act at any time if, at that time, the occupier is employed in agriculture and the occupier’s employer either—E+W
(a)is the owner of the dwelling-house, or
(b)has made arrangements with the owner of the dwelling-house for it to be used as housing accommodation for persons employed by him in agriculture.
(2)In this paragraph—
“employer”, in relation to the occupier, means the person or, as the case may be, one of the persons by whom he is employed in agriculture;
“owner”, in relation to the dwelling-house, means the occupier’s immediate landlord or, where the occupier is a licensee, the person who would be the occupier’s immediate landlord if the licence were a tenancy.
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