Agricultural Holdings Act 1948

Agricultural Holdings Act 1948
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to consolidate the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923, Part III of the Agriculture Act, 1947, and certain other enactments relating to agricultural holdings, save, with respect to rights to compensation, in their application to certain cases determined by reference to past events.
Citation11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 63
Territorial extent England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent30 July 1948
Commencement30 July 1948
Repealed18 June 1986
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
  • Agricultural Holdings (Notices to Quit) Act 1977
Repealed byAgricultural Holdings Act 1986
Relates to
  • Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948
  • Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Agricultural Holdings Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 63) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Labour government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee that consolidated. It provided tenant farmers with security of tenure for life.