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nection with the sale or removal of his household goods or his imple- 

 ments of husbandry, produce, or farm stock on or used in connection 

 with the land : 



Provided that no compensation under this section shall be payable — 



(a) unless the tenant has given to the council a reasonable oppor- 

 tunity of making a valuation of such goods, implements, produce, and 

 stock as aforesaid ; or 



(b) If the claim for compensation is not made within three months 

 after the time at which the tenant quits. 



In the event of any difference arising as to any matter under this 

 section the difference shall, in default of agreement, be settled by arbi- 

 tration. 



(2) The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries shall, out of the Small 

 Holdings Account, repay to a council any compensation paid by the 

 council under an award or with the consent or approval of the Board,, 

 and also any expenses which, in the opinion of the Board, have been? 

 necessarily or reasonably incurred by the council in relation to any 

 claim for compensation under this section. 



(3) This section shall apply where a tenancy is terminated after the 

 commencement of this Act, whether the notice to quit is given before 

 or after such commencement. 



In view T of the fact that compensation paid under ths section will be 

 repaid to the Council out of the Small Holdings Account the Board 

 desire to indicate the procedure that in their opinion should be followed 

 in dealing with claims. 



The Council should in all cases avail themselves of the opportunity 

 which must be afforded by the tenant of making a valuation of the 

 household goods, implements of husbandry, produce or farm stock 

 proposed to be sold or removed, and for this purpose should make 

 arrangements which will secure the prompt inspection of the goods, &c. 5 

 by a valuer or other qualified person. The time for doing this before 

 the sale or removal may be insufficient to enable the matter to be brought 

 before the Council or their Committee, and an officer of the Council 

 should therefore be authorised to make the necessary arrangements as 

 occasions arise. 



If the tenant has satisfied the condition set out in paragraph (a) 

 the actual claim will be in tir^e if it is made within three calendar 

 months after the time at which the tenant quits. The Board do not 

 think it is essential that the claim should include all particulars or 

 state the total amount claimed, but the Council should ask for this 

 information, and in case of refusal they should warn the tenant that 

 the refusal may affect the costs of any arbitration that may be necessary 

 (see Small Holdings and Allotments Act, 1908, section 58 (1) and' 

 Agricultural Holdings Act, 1908, Second Schedule, paragraph 15). 



If the Council, on investigating the claim, are satisfied that the 

 amount claimed is reasonable, or if they propose to offer a sum in 

 settlement, they should in the first instance inform the Board of their 

 views and supply all information bearing on the question necessary to 

 enable the Board to determine whether their consent should be given. 

 If the Council think that the matter should go to arbitration, they 

 should either try and agree with the tenant upon an arbitrator by 

 submitting to him the names of two or more arbitrators to whose- 



