A.D. 1897. 



BILL TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO 

 AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS IN ENGLAND, 

 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 



Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by 

 and with the advice and consent of the Lord's Spiritual and 

 Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament as- 

 sembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : 



PART I. 



General righl 

 of tenant to 

 compensation. 

 [Act 1883. s. 



Improvements. 



Compensation for Improvements. 



I. Subject as in this Act mentioned, where a tenant has 

 made on his holding any improvement, he shall, on and 

 after the commencement of this Act, be entitled at the 

 determination of a tenancy to obtain from the landlord as 

 compensation under this Act for such improvement such 

 sum as fairly represents the value of the improvement to 

 an incoming tenant. 



fo°d as'to'im^" ^' ^ tenant may execute on his holding any improvement, 

 provementin but Compensation under this Act shall not be payable in 

 lani^'^iAct respect of any improvement mentioned in the First Part 

 1883, ss. 3, 4] of the Schedule hereto, and executed after the commence- 

 ment of this Act, unless the tenant has, not more than 

 three months and not less than two months before beginning 

 to execute such improvement, given to the landlord, or his 

 agent duly authorised in that behalf, notice in writing of his 

 intention so to do, and of the manner in which he proposes 

 to do the intended work, and of the estimated cost thereof, 

 and upon such notice being given, the landlord and 

 tenant may agree on the terms as to compensation on 

 which the improvement is to be executed, and any such 

 agreement shall be deemed to be an agreement within the 



