HC Deb 29 July 1958 vol 592 cc1214-5

Lords Amendment: In page 89, line 1, leave out from beginning to "date" in line 7 and insert:

  1. "(1) Where the land comprised in a compulsory rights order consists of or includes the whole or part of an agricultural holding, section thirteen of the Act of 1948 (which relates to the removal of fixtures and buildings) shall have effect in relation to the holding subject to the following provisions of this paragraph.
  2. (2) In relation to the service of a notice by the tenant on or after the operative date of the order, in respect of a fixture or building on a part of the holding which is within the land comprised in the order, paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of that section (under which the tenant is required to give at least one month's notice of his intention to remove a fixture or building) shall apply with the substitution, for the words 'one month', of the words 'fourteen days'.
  3. (3) Where the tenant has given to the landlord notice under the said subsection (2) (or under that subsection as modified by the last preceding sub-paragraph) of his intention to remove a fixture or building on a part of the holding which is within the land comprised in the order, and that notice is given on or after the operative date of the order, or, if given before that date, expires on or after that"

Sir I. Horobin

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.

This Amendment and the next two Amendments deal with matters arising out of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1948. In effect, in order to give the tenant slightly more time, they reduce the period of notice to the landlord of the tenant's intention to remove certain fixtures from one month to fourteen days. It may surprise the House to know that in order to reduce the period from one month to fourteen days it is necessary to have three paragraphs. This arises out of the rather curious drafting at this point of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1948.

Question put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords Amendments agreed to: In line 11, after "The" insert "last".

In line 11, after "effect" insert: in relation to a notice served before the operative date of the order".

In line 13, at end insert: (3) In this paragraph any reference to section thirteen of the Act of 1948 includes a reference to the provisions of that section as extended by paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section sixty-seven of that Act (which relates to market gardens)".

Lords Amendment: In page 92, line 35, after "lease" insert: or order conferring working rights".

Sir I. Horobin

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.

This and the next four Amendments all deal with the point about rights to work minerals.

Question put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords Amendments agreed to: In line 38, after "lease" insert "or order".

In line 41, after "lease" insert "or order".

In line 43, after "lease" insert "or order".

In line 45, after second "the" insert "compulsory rights".

In page 97, line 5, after "seventeen" insert "sixty-seven".

In line 7, at end insert "sixty-five".