Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949

32 Notices to quit part of holdings not to be invalid in certain cases

(1) A notice to quit part of an agricultural holding held on a tenancy from year to year given by the landlord of the holding shall not be invalid on the ground that it relates to part only of the holding if it is given—

(a) for the purpose of adjusting the boundaries between agricultural units or amalgamating agricultural units or parts thereof, or

(b) with a view to the use of the land to which the notice relates for any of the purposes mentioned in the following subsection,

and the notice states that it is given for that purpose or with a view to any such use, as the case may be.

(2) The purposes referred to in paragraph (b) of the foregoing subsection are the following, that is to say—

(a) the erection of farm labourers' cottages or other houses with or without gardens ;

(b) the provision of gardens for farm labourers' cottages or other houses;

(c) the provision of allotments;

(d) the provision of small holdings under the Small Land holders (Scotland) Acts, 1886 to 1931, or of such holdings as are mentioned in section sixty-four of the Agriculture (Scotland) Act, 1948 ;

(e) the planting of trees;

(f) the opening or working of any coal, ironstone, limestone, brick-earth, or other mineral, or of a stone quarry, clay, sand, or gravel pit, or the construction of any works or buildings to be used in connection therewith;

(g) the making of a watercourse or reservoir;

(h) the making of any road, railway, tramroad, siding, canal or basin, or any wharf, pier, or other work connected therewith.