Agricultural Land
(Control of Sales and Leases) (Exempted Transactions) (Jersey)
Regulations 1974
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Agricultural Land
(Control of Sales and Leases) (Exempted Transactions) (Jersey)
Regulations 1974[1]
THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 2
of the Agricultural Land (Control of Sales and Leases)
(Jersey) Law 1974[2], have made the following Regulations –
Commencement [see endnotes]
1
Article 2 of the Agricultural Land
(Control of Sales and Leases) (Jersey) Law 1974[3] (hereafter called the
“Law”) shall not apply to the renewal of any lease (whether parol
or in writing), not being a registered contract of lease, where the lease was
entered into before 2nd October 1974 or with the consent of the Minister and
where the lessee is a bona fide inhabitant
of Jersey engaged wholly or mainly in work of an agricultural or horticultural
nature in Jersey and uses the land leased for agricultural or horticultural
purposes, and accordingly any such transaction as aforesaid shall be deemed to
be a transaction exempted from Article 2 under paragraph (5)(d) thereof:
Provided that, except in the case of the renewal of a parol lease
for a period not exceeding 12 months, this Regulation shall only apply if, not
later than 14 days after the renewal, both parties advise the Minister in
writing of their names, the address or other identification of the land
concerned and its surface area, and the duration of the lease.
2
Article 2 of the Law shall not apply to any transaction being
the sale, transfer or lease of an established garden measuring not more than
one vergée situated within the curtilage of a dwelling house.[4]
3
These Regulations may be cited as the Agricultural Land (Control of
Sales and Leases) (Exempted Transactions) (Jersey) Regulations 1974.