Agriculture ACT 2020
Agriculture Act 2020 (‘the Act’)
The Agriculture Act received Royal Assent on 11 November 2020.
Under the provisions of the Act, with effect from 11 January 2021, paragraphs 4 to 6 of Schedule 3 of the Act make amendments to sections 12, 22, and 84 of the 1986 Act to provide that the Chair of the Agricultural Law Association is listed as a professional authority that tenants and landlords may apply to for the appointment of an arbitrator or third party determiner to resolve disputes arising under the 1986 Act. Paragraphs 6(7) and 6(8) enables the Secretary of State in relation to England and the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales to make regulations to amend the list of persons able to appoint arbitrators or third party determiners.
Paragraphs 23 to 29 of Schedule 3 make amendments to sections 12, 19, 22, 28, 30, 38 and 39 of the 1995 Act to provide that the Chair of the Agricultural Law Association is listed as a professional authority that tenants and landlords may apply to for the appointment of an arbitrator to resolve disputes arising under the 1995 Act so that it is the same as those listed in section 84 of the 1986 Act. Any changes made to that list by regulations made under the powers given to the Secretary of State in relation to England and the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales (in Section 84 of the 1986 Act) also apply to the 1995 Act.