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Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949 (repealed 25.9.1991)

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25 Restrictions on operation of notices to quit.

(1) Where notice to quit an agricultural holding or part of an agricultural holding is given to the tenant thereof, and not later than one month from the giving of the notice to quit the tenant serves on the landlord a counter-notice in writing requiring that this subsection shall apply to the notice to quit, then, subject to the provisions of the next following subsection, the notice to quit shall not have effect unless the Secretary of State consents to the operation thereof. (2) The foregoing subsection shall not apply where— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) the notice to quit relates to land being permanent pasture which the landlord has been in the habit of letting annually for seasonal grazing or of keeping in his own occupation and which has been let to the tenant for a definite and limited period for cultivation as arable land on the condition that he shall, along with the last or waygoing crop, sow permanent grass seeds and it is stated in the notice that it is given by reason of the matter aforesaid; (c) the notice to quit is given on the ground that the land is required for a use, other than for agriculture, for which permission has been granted on an application made under the enact ments relating to town and country planning, or for which (otherwise than by virtue of any provision of those enactments) such permission is not required, and that fact is stated in the notice; (d) the Secretary of State, on an application in that behalf made to him not more than nine months before the giving of the notice to quit, was satisfied in relation to the holding that the tenant was not fulfilling his responsibilities to farm in accordance with the rules of good husbandry, and certified that he was so satisfied, and that fact is stated in the notice; (e) at the date of the giving of the notice to quit the tenant had failed to comply with a demand in writing served on him by the landlord requiring him within two months from the service of the demand to pay any rent due in respect of the holding, or within a reasonable time to remedy any breach by the tenant, which was capable of being remedied, of any term or condition of his tenancy which was not inconsistent with the fulfilment of his responsibilities to farm in accordance with the rules of good husbandry, and it is stated in the notice that it is given by reason of the matter aforesaid; (f) at the date of the giving of the notice to quit the interest of the landlord in the holding had been materially prejudiced by the commission by the tenant of a breach, which was not capable of being remedied in reasonable time and at economic cost, of any term or condition of the tenancy which was not inconsistent with the fulfilment by the tenant of his responsibilities to farm in accordance with the rules of good husbandry, and it is stated in the notice that it is given by reason of the matter aforesaid; (g) at the date of the giving of the notice to quit the tenant was a person who had become notour bankrupt or had executed a trust deed for behoof of his creditors, and it is stated in the notice that it is given by reason of the matter aforesaid. (h) subject to section 26A of this Act and to subsection (2A) below, at the date of the giving of the notice to quit the tenant was a person who after 1st August 1958 had acquired right to the lease of the holding— (i) under section 16 of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964; or (ii) as a legatee under section 20 of this Act. (2A) Notice to quit is duly given to such tenant as is mentioned in paragraph (h) of subsection (2) above if— (a) it complies with section 24 of this Act; and (b) it specifies as its effective date— (i) where, when the tenant acquired right to the lease, the unexpired period of the lease exceeded two years, the term of outgo stipulated in the lease; (ii) where, when the tenant acquired right to the lease, the unexpired period was two years or less, the term of outgo stipulated in the lease or the corresponding date in any subsequent year, being a date not less than one nor more than three years after the said acquisition. (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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25 Restrictions on operation of notices to quit.

(1) Where notice to quit an agricultural holding or part of an agricultural holding is given to the tenant thereof, and not later than one month from the giving of the notice to quit the tenant serves on the landlord a counter-notice in writing requiring that this subsection shall apply to the notice to quit, then, subject to the provisions of the next following subsection, the notice to quit shall not have effect unless the Secretary of State consents to the operation thereof. (2) The foregoing subsection shall not apply where— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) the notice to quit relates to land being permanent pasture which the landlord has been in the habit of letting annually for seasonal grazing or of keeping in his own occupation and which has been let to the tenant for a definite and limited period for cultivation as arable land on the condition that he shall, along with the last or waygoing crop, sow permanent grass seeds and it is stated in the notice that it is given by reason of the matter aforesaid; (c) the notice to quit is given on the ground that the land is required for a use, other than for agriculture, for which permission has been granted on an application made under the enact ments relating to town and country planning, or for which (otherwise than by virtue of any provision of those enactments) such permission is not required, and that fact is stated in the notice; (d) the Secretary of State, on an application in that behalf made to him not more than nine months before the giving of the notice to quit, was satisfied in relation to the holding that the tenant was not fulfilling his responsibilities to farm in accordance with the rules of good husbandry, and certified that he was so satisfied, and that fact is stated in the notice; (e) at the date of the giving of the notice to quit the tenant had failed to comply with a demand in writing served on him by the landlord requiring him within two months from the service of the demand to pay any rent due in respect of the holding, or within a reasonable time to remedy any breach by the tenant, which was capable of being remedied, of any term or condition of his tenancy which was not inconsistent with the fulfilment of his responsibilities to farm in accordance with the rules of good husbandry, and it is stated in the notice that it is given by reason of the matter aforesaid; (f) at the date of the giving of the notice to quit the interest of the landlord in the holding had been materially prejudiced by the commission by the tenant of a breach, which was not capable of being remedied in reasonable time and at economic cost, of any term or condition of the tenancy which was not inconsistent with the fulfilment by the tenant of his responsibilities to farm in accordance with the rules of good husbandry, and it is stated in the notice that it is given by reason of the matter aforesaid; (g) at the date of the giving of the notice to quit the tenant was a person who had become notour bankrupt or had executed a trust deed for behoof of his creditors, and it is stated in the notice that it is given by reason of the matter aforesaid. (h) subject to section 26A of this Act and to subsection (2A) below, at the date of the giving of the notice to quit the tenant was a person who after 1st August 1958 had acquired right to the lease of the holding— (i) under section 16 of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964; or (ii) as a legatee under section 20 of this Act. (2A) Notice to quit is duly given to such tenant as is mentioned in paragraph (h) of subsection (2) above if— (a) it complies with section 24 of this Act; and (b) it specifies as its effective date— (i) where, when the tenant acquired right to the lease, the unexpired period of the lease exceeded two years, the term of outgo stipulated in the lease; (ii) where, when the tenant acquired right to the lease, the unexpired period was two years or less, the term of outgo stipulated in the lease or the corresponding date in any subsequent year, being a date not less than one nor more than three years after the said acquisition. (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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