SCHEDULES

PART 1 E+WAmendments to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986

Appointment of arbitrators etcE+W

6(1)Section 84 (arbitrations) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)In subsection (2), for “the President of the RICS” substitute “ a professional authority ”.

(3)After subsection (2) insert—

“(2A)A party may not make an application to a professional authority under subsection (2) in relation to a matter if the other party has already made an application to a professional authority under that subsection in relation to that matter.”

(4)In subsection (4)—

(a)for “the President of the RICS” substitute “ a professional authority ”;

(b)for “him”, in both places, substitute “ that authority ”.

(5)For subsection (6) substitute—

“(6)In this section “professional authority” means—

(a)the President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors,

(b)the President of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers, or

(c)the Chair of the Agricultural Law Association.

(7)The appropriate authority may by regulations amend this section so as to—

(a)include a person in, or remove a person from, the definition of “professional authority”;

(b)reflect changes in the name or internal organisation of any body mentioned in that definition.

(8)In subsection (7) “appropriate authority” means—

(a)the Secretary of State, in relation to England, and

(b)the Welsh Ministers, in relation to Wales.”