PART 5Special procedures
CHAPTER 2Agricultural land and drainage cases relating to succession
Succession cases41
1
This rule applies to an application made under section 39 or section 53 of the 1986 Act.
2
In proceedings under section 39, an applicant who opposes or intends to oppose any other application under that section may include in their own notice of application, or in a separate response, the following additional information—
a
the reasons why they oppose or intend to oppose that other application;
b
a statement whether they dispute that applicant's claim to be a designated applicant and, if so, why;
c
a claim to be a more suitable applicant than any other and, if so, why;
d
a statement whether or not the applicant has agreed with one or more other applicants or intending applicants to request the landlord's consent to a direction entitling them to a joint tenancy of the holding or might be willing to do so.
3
If the landlord does not respond to an application within the time allowed, the landlord is not entitled to dispute any matter alleged in the application but—
a
in the case of an application under section 39 or section 53, the landlord is entitled to give the landlord's views on the suitability of the applicant; and
b
in the case of an application under section 39, the landlord may make an application under section 44 of the 1986 Act for consent to the operation of a notice to quit.