Legislation

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Only a selection of key Acts of Parliament (incl. amendments) and other legislation are listed here (updated October 2017).  It is not intended as a definitive guide to all legislation affecting agricultural and rural property and Members are directed to www.legislation.gov.uk for a full library of legislation.

Partnership Act 1890

Law of Property Act 1925

Trustee Act 1925

Settled Land Act 1925

Administration of Estates Act 1925

Agriculture Act 1947

Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948

Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949

Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

Mines and Quarries Act 1954

Weeds Act 1959

Agriculture Act 1970

Animals Act 1971

The Agriculture (Maintenace, Repair and Insurance of Fixed Equipment) Regulations 1973

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976

Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976

Rent (Agriculture) Amendment Act 1977

Rent Act 1977

Highways Act 1980

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Inheritance Tax Act 1984

Agricultural Holdings Act 1986

The Agricultural Holdings Act (Variation of Schedule 8) (England) Order 2015

Town and Country Planning Act 1990

Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990

Environmental Protection Act 1990

Water Industry Act 1991

Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991

Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992

Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995

Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995

Arbitration Act 1996

Housing Act 1988

Housing Act 1996

Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996

Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

Trustee Deregulation Act 1999

Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000

Trustee Act 2000

Land Registration Act 2002

Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002

Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003

Land Registration Rules 2003

Housing Act 2004

Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

The Regulatory Reform (Agricultural Tenancies) (England & Wales) Order 2006

Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006

Animal Welfare Act 2006

The Waste Management (England & Wales) Regulations 2006

The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Order 2008

Planning Act 2008

Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Agricultural Holdings (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2012

Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012

The Agriculture (Model Clauses for Fixed Equipment) (England) Regulations 2015

Planning (Wales) Act 2015

Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016

Housing & Planning Act 2016

The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) Order 2017

The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (Wales) Order 2017

The Agricultural Holdings (Modern Limited Duration Tenancies and Consequential etc. Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2017

Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017

Digital Economy Act 2017 (see Schedule 1 for The Electronic Communications Code)

The Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2018

The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (Wales) Order 2019

The Agricultural Wages (Wales) Order 2019

The Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (Variation of Schedule 8) (Wales) Order 2019

The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) (No. 2) Order 2019

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020

The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Coronavirus Act 2020

Agriculture Act 2020

The Agriculture Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) (England) Regulations 2021

The Agricultural Holdings (Requests for Landlord’s Consent or Variation of Terms and the Suitability Test) (England) Regulations 2021

Tenancy Reform Industry Group (TRIG) Code of Good Practice for projects,  schemes or works requiring landlord’s consent in agricultural tenancies – 1st Edition – July 2021

Tenancy Reform Industry Group (TRIG) – Guidance – Tree Planting & Woodland Creation on Agricultural Tenancies – 1st Edition – December 2022

The Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Code of Practice for England – April 2024