New drive to thrash out tenancy reforms

From: The Scotsman | Date: January 8, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

REPRESENTATIVES of every organisation with a vested interest in farm tenancy reform will meet at Ingliston this morning to put the finishing touches to a united front on the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Bill.

Agreement by all on the priorities of the Bill - including rents determined according to farming economics, compensation when a tenant leaves a farm, an obligation on landlords to at least share maintenance costs and improved notice to quit procedures - is expected to remove any lingering threat of the absolute right to buy, which panicked landowners and paralysed the land market.

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