24E+W+SAny agreement for the letting of land or the grant of a licence in respect of land, where, before the agreement was entered into, the letting or grant was approved [F1under section 2 of the Act of 1986 or of the Act of 1948 (each of]which relates to the effect of certain lettings and licenses to occupy agricultural land, but excepts lettings and licenses approved [F2under that section from the operation of that section)]shall be treated for the purposes of section seventeen of this Act as conferring a right to occupy the land to which the agreement relates, if apart from this paragraph it would not be treated as conferring such a right.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c. 5, SIF 2:3), ss. 99, 100, Sch. 13 para. 3, Sch. 14 para. 32(3)(a)
F2Words substituted by Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c. 5, SIF 2:3), ss. 99, 100, Sch. 13 para. 3, Sch. 14 para. 32(3)(b)