The Agriculture Act 2020 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) (Wales) Regulations 2024

• Citation: S.I. 2024/788 (W.)
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Title and application

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Agriculture Act 2020 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) (Wales) Regulations 2024.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Section 2 Provisions coming into force on 1 September 2024

The following provisions of the Agriculture Act 2020 (“ the 2020 Act ”) come into force on 1 September 2024—

(a) paragraphs 10 to 16 of Schedule 3 (succession on death or retirement: condition relating to occupation of a commercial unit),

(b) paragraph 18 of Schedule 3 (succession on death or retirement: condition relating to suitability), and

(c) section 36, so far as it relates to the paragraphs referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this regulation.

Section 3 Transitional Provision

(1) Paragraph (2) applies to any application to the Tribunal made under Part 4 of the 1986 Act for a direction entitling the applicant to a tenancy of an agricultural holding on the death or retirement of a tenant where the date of death or the date of the giving of the retirement notice, as applicable, was before 1 September 2024.

(2) In relation to any application to which this paragraph applies, Part 4 of the 1986 Act continues to apply on and after 1 September 2024 as it had effect immediately before that date, as if the amendments made by paragraphs 10 to 16 and 18 of Schedule 3 to the 2020 Act had not come into force.

(3) In this regulation—

“ the 1986 Act ” (“ Deddf 1986 ”) means the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 ;

“ application ” (“ cais ”) includes any proceedings arising out of any such application or any direction given in any such proceedings.

(4) Expressions used in this regulation and in Part 4 of the 1986 Act have the same meaning as in that Part.