UK Act of Parliament 1986 United Kingdom

Agriculture Act 1986

Enforced by
DEFRA, RPA
Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Landlord1

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 238 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.

s.017 Duty to balance interests in exercise of agricultural functions. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Minister must balance agricultural, rural, conservation and public access interestsCrown / Minister / Government department
24 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.023 In this Act— “ the 1886 Act ” means the...
Schedules

Schedules

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s.sch001 (1) Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, where... Regulated
  • Pay tenant for milk quota when tenancy terminatesLandlord
36 other schedules
s.sch001 (1) Where, on the termination of a tenancy of any...
s.sch001 (1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, any claim...
s.sch001 Section 85 of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (enforcement) and...
s.sch001 References in this Schedule to the termination of a tenancy...
s.sch001 (1) Where the reversionary estate in the land is for...
s.sch001 Notwithstanding that a landlord of any land is not the...
s.sch001 (1) Any notice under this Schedule shall be duly served...
s.sch001 (1) The provisions of this Schedule shall apply to land...
s.sch001 (1) In this Schedule— “allocated quota” has the meaning given...
s.sch001 (1) This paragraph applies where on the termination of the...
s.sch001 Where the tenancy of any land has been assigned after...
s.sch001 Where the sub-tenancy of any land terminates after 2nd April...
s.sch001 (1) The amount of the payment to which the tenant...
s.sch001 (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph the...
s.sch001 (1) For the purposes of this Schedule “the tenant’s fraction”...
s.sch001 In this Schedule “the relevant period” means—
s.sch001 The value of milk quota to be taken into account...
s.sch002 (1) In this Schedule, except where the context otherwise requires...
s.sch002 (1) Where it appears that on the termination of a...
s.sch002 (1) Subject to this paragraph, any claim arising under paragraph...
s.sch002 Sections 65 and 75(1), (2), (4) and (6) of the...
s.sch002 Whatever his interest in the tenancy, the landlord may, for...
s.sch002 (1) Any notice or other document required or authorised by...
s.sch002 (1) This Schedule shall apply to land belonging to Her...
s.sch002 (1) Subject to this Schedule, where, on the termination of...
s.sch002 (1) This paragraph applies where a person (the successor) has...
s.sch002 In the case of a tenancy which is sub-let, if...
s.sch002 (1) The amount of the payment to which a tenant...
s.sch002 (1) Subject to this paragraph, the “standard quota” for any...
s.sch002 (1) For the purposes of this Schedule “the tenant’s fraction”...
s.sch002 In this Schedule “the relevant period” means—
s.sch002 The value of milk quota to be taken into account...
s.sch003 In section 2(15) of the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 for...
s.sch003 In the Cereals Marketing Act 1965— (a) in section 1(5)...
s.sch003 In subsection (3) of section 43 of the Land Drainage...
s.sch003 In subsection (2) of section 41 of the Wildlife and...

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