UK Act of Parliament 1976 c. 80 United Kingdom

Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976

Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 2 of 5 obligations carry a fine up to £1,000. 3 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Landlord4

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Landlord — also bound by 224 other Acts

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

sch. 4 para. 3 sch. 4 para. 3 Regulated
  • Landlord must provide suitable alternative accommodationLandlord
s.006 Grounds for possession. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Court must not grant possession except in specified groundsTribunal / Court
s.020 Avoidance of requirements for advance payment of rent. (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Impose prohibited advance rent requirementLandlord

Fine up to £1,000

s.021 Recovery from landlord of sums paid in excess of recoverable rent. (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Make false rent arrears entry or fail to delete itLandlord

Fine up to £1,000

40 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.para.68 Rent lawfully due from the tenant has not been paid,...
s.para.69 OR
s.para.70 Any other lawful obligation of the tenancy, whether or not...
s.para.71 The tenant, or any person residing or lodging with him...
s.para.96 The dwelling-house is overcrowded, within the meaning of Part X...
Schedules

Schedules

1 of 41 shown
s.sch005 (1) The landlord shall afford any such right of access... Regulated
  • Provide reasonable access to the dwelling-houseLandlord
40 other schedules
s.sch002 In this Act “relevant licence” means any licence under which...
s.sch002 In this Act “relevant tenancy” means any tenancy under which...
s.sch002 (1) For the purposes of this Schedule the modifications of...
s.sch002 The other provisions of the Rent Act 1977 which are...
s.sch003 A person is a qualifying worker for the purposes of...
s.sch003 (1) The question of what is whole-time work in forestry,...
s.sch003 (1) In this Schedule “employment” means employment under one or...
s.sch003 (1) In this Schedule “the standard number of hours” means...
s.sch003 Any reference in this Schedule to work in agriculture or...
s.sch003 (1) A person is, for the purposes of this Act,...
s.sch003 (1) A dwelling-house in relation to which a person (“the...
s.sch003 (1) The provisions of this paragraph shall have effect for...
s.sch003 (1) The provisions of this paragraph shall have effect for...
s.sch003 For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule a...
s.sch003 For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule a...
s.sch003 In this Act “the date of operation for forestry workers”...
s.sch003 (1) Whole-time work in forestry, and work in forestry as...
s.sch005 (1) In this Schedule the “original contract”, in relation to...
s.sch005 (1) If the original contract— (a) was not a tenancy,...
s.sch005 (1) Paragraph 2 of this Schedule shall not impose any...
s.sch005 (1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, the landlord...
s.sch005 (1) So long as he retains possession, the statutory tenant...
s.sch005 If the original contract was a licence, the statutory tenancy...
s.sch005 (1) If the original contract was a licence, the terms...
s.sch005 (1) It shall be a term of the statutory tenancy...
s.sch005 (1) Section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985...
s.sch005 (1) It shall be a condition of the statutory tenancy...
s.sch005 It shall be a condition of the statutory tenancy that...
s.sch008 At the end of section 14(2) of the Reserve and...
s.sch008 In section 7 of the Matrimonial Homes Act 1967 (provision...
s.sch008 In section 16(1) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (exclusion...
s.sch008 In paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Leasehold Reform...
s.sch008 At the end of section 18(3) of the Reserve and...
s.sch009 A licence or tenancy which was granted before the operative...
s.sch009 (1) This paragraph applies as respects the question whether at...
s.sch009 A person who is occupying a dwelling-house as his residence...
s.sch009 (1) Where before the operative date a court has made...
s.sch009 (1) In any case where— (a) before the operative date...
s.sch009 (1) This paragraph applies to a dwelling-house which is let...
s.sch009 (1) This paragraph applies to a person—

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