Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act to consolidate the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1923, Part II of the Small Landholders and Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1931, Part I of the Agriculture (Scotland) Act, 1948, and certain other enactments relating to agricultural holdings, save, with respect to rights to compensation, in their application to certain cases determined by past events. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 75 |
| Territorial extent | Scotland[b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 24 November 1949 |
| Commencement | 24 November 1949[c] |
| Repealed | 25 September 1991 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repeals/revokes | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repealed by | Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 75) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to agricultural holdings in Scotland.[1]
The Agricultural Holdings Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 63) made similar provisions for England and Wales.
Provisions
Repealed enactments
Section 97 of the act repealed 10 enactments, listed in the eighth schedule to the act.[2]
| Citation | Short title | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|
| 13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 10 | Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1923 | The whole act. |
| 13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 25 | Agriculture (Amendment) Act 1923 | The whole act. |
| 19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 25 | Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 | In section forty-eight, the words from "or by an arbiter" to the end of the section. |
| 21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. 42 | Agricultural Marketing Act 1931 | In section nineteen, in paragraph (b) the words "or other occupier of an agricultural holding", and the words from "or by an arbiter" to the end of the paragraph. |
| 21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. 44 | Small Landholders and Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1931 | Part II. In section forty-one, in subsection (1) the words from "and the Small Landholders Acts" to the end of the subsection. |
| 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. |
| 6 & 7 Geo. 6. c. 16 | Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1943 | Section twenty-one. |
| 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 73 | Hill Farming Act 1946 | In section thirty-nine, in subsection (1), paragraph (c). |
| 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 45 | Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948 | Part I, except section eight in relation to notices to quit given before the commencement of this Act and except section twenty-five so far as relating to the provisions therein mentioned so far as continued in force by this Act. In section eighty-four, the words "the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Acts, 1923 and 1931, or". The First and Second Schedules. In the Third Schedule, in paragraph 2, the words from "or a direction" to "permanent pasture" where those words first occur, and in paragraph 4, the words from the beginning to "this Act". The Fourth and Ninth Schedules. |
Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed by section 88(2) of, and schedule 13 to, the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (1991 c. 55), which came into force on 25 September 1991.[3]
Notes
- ^ Section 101(1).
- ^ Section 101(2).
- ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.
References
- ^ "Agricultural tenants' rights". Law Society of Scotland. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo6/12-13-14 c. 75
- ^ "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1991 c. 55
External links
- Text of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.