[Sept., 



The basic position taken up in the new Act as regards allotment 

 gardens (which expression is described as " an allotment not 

 " exceeding 40 poles in extent which is wholl}^ or mainly 

 *' cultivated by the occupier for the production of vegetables or 

 " fruit crops for consumption by himself or his family ") is that, 

 notwithstandmg any agreement to the contrary, the tenancy of 

 such an allotment garden, or of land let to a local authority or 

 association for the provision of allotment gardens, cannot in 

 future be terminated by the landlord by notice to quit or re-entry 

 except by a six months' or longer notice to quit expiring on or 

 before the 6th day of April, or on or after the 29th day of 

 September in any year. Moreover, if the tenancy of the 

 tenant is terminated at Michaelmas (29th September) or Old 

 Michaelmas (11th October), either by notice to quit given by the 

 landlord, or by the termination of the tenancy of the landlord, 

 the tenant will be entitled at any time within 21 days after the 

 termination of the tenancy to remove any crops grov/ing on the 

 land. 



To this general rule, however, there are some exceptions, 

 where the circumstances are not those which ordinarily obtoin. 

 Where the land is required for buildinp;, mining, or any other 

 industrial purpose, or for roads or sewers necessary in connection 

 wdth any of these purposes, or where the land is required by the 

 owners or lessees of a railway, dock, canal, water or other public 

 undertaking for the purpose (not being the use of land for agricul- 

 ture) for which it was acquired, or held by the corporation or 

 company, or in the case of land let by a local authority (other 

 than land acquired by the local authority before the 4th August, 

 1922, under the Housing Acts) on account of the land being 

 required by the local authority for the purpose not being the use 

 of land for agriculture for which it was acquired, the landlord 

 can re-enter under a power of re-entr}^ contained in or affecting 

 the contract of tenancy after three months' previous notice in 

 writing to the tenant of the allotment garden. Further exceptions 

 are that where land is required by a statutory company or 

 corporation of the kind mentioned above, in case of emergency, 

 and in the ease of land acquired under the Housing Acts before 

 the 4th August. 1922, and required for the purposes of those 

 Acts, re-entry can be made under a power in that behalf contained 

 in or affectino- the contract of ten one v after the exnirv of such 

 period of notice to the tenant of the allotment garden as is 

 provided for in such contract of tenancy. 



