Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976

19 After section 10 of the Rent Act 1968 insert the following section—

“10A Grounds for possession of certain dwelling-houses let to agricultural workers, etc.

(1) This section applies to any protected or statutory tenancy which—

(a) if it were a tenancy at a low rent, and

(b) if (where relevant) any earlier tenancy granted to the tenant, or to a member of his family, had been a tenancy at a low rent,

would be a protected occupancy or statutory tenancy as defined in the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in section 10 above, the court shall not make an order for possession of a dwelling-house which is for the time being let on or subject to a tenancy to which this section applies unless the court considers it reasonable to make such an order and the circumstances are as specified in any of the Cases (except Case 7) in Part I of Schedule 3 to this Act or in either of the Cases in Schedule 3A to this Act.

(3) If, apart from the provisions of subsection (2) above, the landlord would be entitled to recover possession of a dwelling-house which is for the time being let on or subject to a tenancy to which this section applies, the court shall make an order for possession if the circumstances are as specified in any of the Cases (except Cases 12 to 14) in Part II of Schedule 3 to this Act.”