996 The Ageicultire Act, 1920. [Feb., 



that if a tenant is required to quit without any fault on his 

 part, he will receive compensation for the loss, directly attribut- 

 able to the quitting which is unavoidably incurred by sale or 

 removal of his stock, &c, together with the expenses of the 

 preparation of his claim. In order to simplify procedure and 

 avoid disputes, this compensation is to be computed as equal to 

 one year's rent of the holding, unless it is proved that the loss 

 and expenses incurred exceed that amount, in which case 

 the sum recoverable by the tenant will be the proved loss up to 

 a maximum amount equal to two years' rent of the holding. 



The Act. without setting up a rent tribunal, indirectly provides 

 a method for readjustment of rent without the necessity of serving 

 a notice to quit. The landlord will not be liable to pay compen- 

 sation for disturbance if the tenant refuses to agree to an arbitra- 

 tion as to a proposed increase of rent and the landlord in con- 

 sequence decides to determine his tenancy. On the other hand, 

 the landlord will be liable to pay such compensation if he refuses 

 a request by the tenant that there should be an arbitration as to 

 a proposed reduction of rent and in consequence the tenant 

 decides to leave. 



The provisions of Section 10 are too long to be summarised in 

 this Note, but an important provision is that which requires 

 written notice by a tenant of his intention to claim compensation 

 for disturbance to be given to the landlord one month before 

 the termination of the tenancy. 



6. Section 11 provides for payment of compensation for dis- 

 turbance in the case of allotment gardens, to which the Agricul- 

 tural Holdings Act. 1908. does not apply, and extends the 

 Allotments and Cottage Gardens (Compensation for Crops) Act. 

 1887. to metropolitan allotments. 



7. Section 12 applies to cottages on agricultural holdings which 

 are held by agricultural labourers under the tenant of the holding 

 the same principle of compensation for disturbance as is adopted 

 in the Act as regards agricultural holdings, subject to certain 

 special conditions. 



8. Section 13 provides that a tenancy for a term of two years 

 or upwards granted after the commencement of the Act shall 

 continue as a yearly tenancy after the expiration of the term 

 for which it was granted, unless a year's notice is given by either 

 party of intention to terminate the tenancy. Any such notice 

 given by the landlord may be the subject of a claim by the tenant 

 to the benefit of the provisions of the Act relating to compensa- 

 tion for disturbance. 



