.svg)
Agricultural Holdings Act 1948
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Agricultural Holdings Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 63) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Labour government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee that consolidated.[1] It provided tenant farmers with security of tenure for life.[2]
.svg)
Long titleAn Act to consolidate the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923, Part III of the Agriculture Act, 1947, and certain other enactments relating to agricultural holdings, save, with respect to rights to compensation, in their application to certain cases determined by reference to past events.
Citation11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 63
Territorial extentEngland and Wales[b]
Royal assent30 July 1948
| Act of Parliament | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Long title | An Act to consolidate the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923, Part III of the Agriculture Act, 1947, and certain other enactments relating to agricultural holdings, save, with respect to rights to compensation, in their application to certain cases determined by reference to past events. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 63 | ||||||||||||||
| Territorial extent | England and Wales[b] | ||||||||||||||
| Dates | |||||||||||||||
| Royal assent | 30 July 1948 | ||||||||||||||
| Commencement | 30 July 1948[c] | ||||||||||||||
| Repealed | 18 June 1986 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Status: Repealed | |||||||||||||||
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |||||||||||||||
Provisions
Repealed enactments
Section 98 of the act repealed 11 enactments, listed in the eighth schedule to the act.[3]
| Citation | Short title | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|
| 13 & 14 Geo. 5 c. 9 | Agricultural Holdings Act 1923 | The whole act. |
| 13 & 14 Geo. 5 c. 25 | Agriculture (Amendment) Act 1923 | The whole act. |
| 15 & 16 Geo. 5 c. 20 | Law of Property Act 1925 | In section one hundred and forty, the proviso to subsection (2). |
| 16 & 17 Geo. 5 c. 11 | Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1926 | Section two. |
| 19 & 20 Geo. 5 c. 17 | Local Government Act 1929 | In the Tenth Schedule, paragraph 17. |
| 24 & 25 Geo. 5 c. 14 | Arbitration Act 1934 | Section eighteen and the proviso to section nineteen. |
| 1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6 c. 70 | Agriculture Act 1937 | Section five, so far as it relates to agricultural holdings. |
| 2 & 3 Geo. 6 c. 48 | Agricultural Development Act 1939 | In section thirty, subsection (2) so far as it relates to agricultural holdings. |
| 3 & 4 Geo. 6 c. 14 | Agriculture (Miscellaneous War Provisions) Act 1940 | In section fifteen, subsection (2) so far as it relates to agricultural holdings. |
| 3 & 4 Geo. 6 c. 50 | Agriculture (Miscellaneous War Provisions) (No. 2) Act 1940 | In section one, subsection (2). |
| 10 & 11 Geo. 6 c. 48 | Agriculture Act 1947 | Part III except section thirty-two in relation to notices to quit given before the commencement of this Act and except section forty-six so far as relating to the provisions therein mentioned so far as continued in force by this Act. In section eighty-seven, subsection (10). In the Second Schedule, in paragraph 2 the words from “or a direction” to “permanent pasture” in the first place where those words occur, and in paragraph 4 the words from the beginning to “this Act”. The Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Schedules. |
Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed by section 101(1) of, and part I of schedule 15 to, the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.[4]
Notes
- Section 102(1).
- Section 102(2).