Agricultural Holdings Act 1986

3 (1) Nothing in this Act shall apply in relation to— E+W

(a) a notice to quit an agricultural holding or part of an agricultural holding—

(i) given before the commencement of this Act, or

(ii) in the case of a notice to quit given after that time which includes a statement that it is given by reason of the death of a former tenant, where the date of death was before that time,

(b) an agricultural holding—

(i) the tenancy of which terminated before the commencement of this Act, or

(ii) the tenant of which quitted the holding before the commencement of this Act or quitted after that time in consequence of a notice to quit falling within paragraph (a) above,

(c) an arbitration where the arbitrator was appointed under the M1 Agricultural Holdings Act 1948 before the commencement of this Act,

(d) an application made before the commencement of this Act to the Tribunal under any of the enactments repealed by this Act, or

(e) an application made after the commencement of this Act to the Tribunal for a direction entitling the applicant to a tenancy of an agricultural holding on the death or retirement of the tenant where the date of death or the date of the giving of the retirement notice was before that time;

and accordingly the enactments repealed or amended by this Act shall in relation to any such notice to quit, agricultural holding, arbitration (including an award made in such an arbitration) or application (including any proceedings arising out of any such application or any direction given in any such proceedings) continue to have effect as if this Act had not been passed.

(2) This paragraph shall have effect subject to paragraph 1 above and paragraph 11 below.

Marginal Citations

M1 1948 c. 63.