Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Bill /
Edwards, Tom(Information officer),author.
Scotland.Parliament.Information Centre.
Scotland.Parliament.Corporate Body,issuing body.
"The Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Bill [SP Bill 62] was introduced to the Parliament on the 16 September 2002. The Bill forms part of the Scottish Executive’s Land Reform Programme. The Bill seeks to address perceived problems in the farm tenanted sector. The centre piece of the Bill is the introduction of new, more flexible farm tenancy arrangements. This paper provides some background information on the Bill: the current state of, and the problems with the tenanted sector in Scotland; existing tenancy arrangements; similar reforms which have been introduced in England and Wales ;and the process by which the proposals in this Bill have been developed. The paper then describes the main provisions of the Bill on: new tenancy arrangements; a rightto buy for farm tenants; diversification and tenant forestry; compensation; and a new system for resolving disputes between landlords and tenants."
"02/113".
"11 October 2002".
Includes bibliographical references.
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