SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Agricultural tenancies

PART 2Amendments to the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995

Appointment of arbitrators

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1

Section 12 (appointment of arbitrator) is amended as follows.

2

The existing subsection becomes subsection (1).

3

In that subsection, for the words from “the President” to the end substitute “ a professional authority for the appointment of an arbitrator by that authority ”.

4

After that subsection insert—

2

A party may not make an application to a professional authority under subsection (1) in any case if the other party has already made an application to a professional authority under that subsection in that case.