Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908
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61 Interpretation.
(1) For the purposes of this Act— The expression “small holding” means an agricultural holding which exceeds one acre and either does not exceed fifty acres, or, if exceeding fifty acres, is at the date of sale or letting of an annual value for the purposes of income tax not exceeding one hundred pounds: The expression “allotment” includes a field garden; The expressions “agriculture” and “cultivation” shall include horticulture and the use of land for any purpose of husbandry inclusive of the keeping or breeding of livestock, poultry, or bees, and the growth of fruit, vegetables, and the like: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The expression “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Board: The expression “landlord,” in relation to any land compulsorily hired by a council, means the person for the time being entitled to receive the rent of the land from the council. (2) In this Act and in the enactments incorporated with this Act the expression “land” shall include any right or easement in or over land. (3) For the purposes of this Act, any expenses incurred by a council . . . in the purchase or redemption or . . . any quit rent, chief rent, tithe, or other rentcharge, or other perpetual annual sum issuing out of land so acquired, shall be deemed to have been incurred in the purchase of the land. (4) In this Act references to a parish council shall, in the case of a rural parish not having a parish council, include references to the parish meeting. (5) Any notice required by this Act to be served or given may be sent by registered post.
61 Interpretation.
(1) For the purposes of this Act— The expression “small holding” means an agricultural holding which exceeds one acre and either does not exceed fifty acres, or, if exceeding fifty acres, is at the date of sale or letting of an annual value for the purposes of income tax not exceeding one hundred pounds: The expression “allotment” includes a field garden; The expressions “agriculture” and “cultivation” shall include horticulture and the use of land for any purpose of husbandry inclusive of the keeping or breeding of livestock, poultry, or bees, and the growth of fruit, vegetables, and the like: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The expression “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Board: The expression “landlord,” in relation to any land compulsorily hired by a council, means the person for the time being entitled to receive the rent of the land from the council. (2) In this Act and in the enactments incorporated with this Act the expression “land” shall include any right or easement in or over land. (3) For the purposes of this Act, any expenses incurred by a council . . . in the purchase or redemption or . . . any quit rent, chief rent, tithe, or other rentcharge, or other perpetual annual sum issuing out of land so acquired, shall be deemed to have been incurred in the purchase of the land. (4) In this Act references to a parish council shall, in the case of a rural parish not having a parish council, include references to the parish meeting. (5) Any notice required by this Act to be served or given may be sent by registered post.
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