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think fit, on behalf of the incumbent, out of any money in their hands, pay to 
the tenant the amount of compensation due to him under this Act ; and 
thereupon they may, instead of the incumbent, obtain from the County Court 
a charge on the holding, in respect thereof, in favour of themselves. 
Every such charge shall be effectual, notwithstanding any change of the 
incumbent. 
The Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, before granting their approval in 
any case under this section, shall give notice of the application for their 
approval to the patron of the benefice (that is, the person, officer, or authority 
who, in case the benefice were then vacant, would be entitled to present 
thereto). 
Landlord, Charity Trustees, &c. 
50. The powers by this Act conferred on a landlord shall not be exercised 
by trustees for ecclesiastical or charitable purposes except with the previous 
approval in Avriting of the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales. 
Notice to Quit. 
Time of Notice to Quit. 
51. Where a half-year's notice, expiring with a year of tenancy, is by law 
necessary and sufficient for determination of a tenancy from year to year, a 
year's notice so expiring shall by virtue of this Act be necessary and sufficient 
for the same ; but nothing in this section shall extend to a case where the 
tenant is adjudged bankrupt, or has filed a petition for a comjwsition or 
arrangement with his creditors. 
Eesumption for Improvements. 
Besumption of Possession for Cottages, &c. 
52. Where on a tenancy from year to year a notice to quit is given by the 
landlord with a view to the use of land for any of the following purposes, — 
The erection of farm labourers' cottages or other houses, with or without 
gardens ; 
The providing of gardens for existing farm laboiu-ers' cottages or other 
houses ; 
The allotment for labourers of land for gardens or other purposes ; 
The planting of trees ; 
The opening or working of any coal, ironstone, limestone, or other mineral ; 
or of a stone quarry, clay, sand, or gravel pit ; or the construction of 
any works or buildings to be used in connection therewith ; 
The obtaining of brick-earth, gravel, or sand ; 
The making of a watercourse or reservoir ; 
The making of any road, tramroad, siding, canal, or basin, or any wharf, 
pier, or other work connected therewith ; 
and the notice to quit so states, then it shall, by virtue of this Act, be no 
objection to the notice that it relates to part only of the holding. 
In every such case the provisions of this Act respecting compensation shall 
apply as on determination of a tenancy in respect of an entire holding. 
The tenant shall also be entitled to a proportionate reduction of rent in 
respect of the land comprised in the notice to quit, and in respect of any 
depreciation of the value to him of the residue of the holding, caused by the 
withdrawal of that land from the holding or by the use to be made thereof; 
and the amount of that reduction shall be ascertained by agreement or 
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