Requirement for landlord’s consent
7.—(1) Where an application is made by an applicant who occupies his holding, or any part thereof, as a tenant, he shall, unless the condition specified in sub-paragraph (2) has been fulfilled, serve a copy of the application on his immediate landlord on the day on which he submits it.
(2) The condition referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is that, in respect of each person having a landlord’s interest in the holding in relation to which the application is made, or in any part thereof, either—
(a)the consent in writing of that person to the application has been obtained by the tenant; or
(b)that person has unreasonably refused his consent to the application.
(3) Where, within 21 days of the receipt of a copy of an application served in accordance with sub-paragraph (1), or of a notice served in accordance with paragraph 11, a landlord objects to the application by notice served on the tenant and the appropriate Minister on one or more of the grounds specified in paragraph 9, the tenant shall be deemed to have withdrawn his application unless, within 14 days of receipt of that notice of objection, he—
(a)by notice served on that landlord, demands that the question of whether or not that objection should be upheld shall be determined by arbitration; and
(b)by notice served on the appropriate Minister, informs him of that demand.