Agricultural Land (Control of Sales and Leases) (Exempted Transactions) (Jersey) Regulations 1974

AGRICULTURAL LAND (CONTROL OF SALES AND LEASES) (EXEMPTED TRANSACTIONS) (JERSEY) REGULATIONS 1974 Revised Edition 01.080.50 Showing the law as at 1 January 2006 This is a revised edition of the law Agricultural Land (Control of Sales and Leases) (Exempted Transactions) (Jersey) Regulations 1974 Regulation 1 Revised Edition – 1 January 2006 Page 01.080.50 AGRICULTURAL LAND (CONTROL OF SALES AND LEASES) (EXEMPTED TRANSACTIONS) (JERSEY) REGULATIONS 19741 THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 2 of the Agricultural Land (Control of Sales and Leases) (Jersey) Law 1974,2 have made the following Regulations – Commencement [see endnotes] 1 Article 2 of the Agricultural Land (Control of Sales and Leases) (Jersey) Law 19743 (hereafter called the “Law”) shall not apply to the renewal of any lease (whether parol or in writing), not being a registered contract of lease, where the lease was entered into before 2nd October 1974 or with the consent of the Minister and where the lessee is a bona fide inhabitant of Jersey engaged wholly or mainly in work of an agricultural or horticultural nature in Jersey and uses the land leased for agricultural or horticultural purposes, and accordingly any such transaction as aforesaid shall be deemed to be a transaction exempted from Article 2 under paragraph (5)(d) thereof: Provided that, except in the case of the renewal of a parol lease for a period not exceeding 12 months, this Regulation shall only apply if, not later than 14 days after the renewal, both parties advise the Minister in writing of their names, the address or other identification of the land concerned and its surface area, and the duration of the lease. 2 Article 2 of the Law shall not apply to any transaction being the sale, transfer or lease of an established garden measuring not more than one vergée situated within the artilage of a dwelling house.4 3 These Regulations may be cited as the Agricultural Land (Control of Sales and Leases) (Exempted Transactions) (Jersey) Regulations 1974. Endnotes Agricultural Land (Control of Sales and Leases) (Exempted Transactions) (Jersey) Regulations 1974 Page - 4 Revised Edition – 1 January 2006 01.080.50 ENDNOTES Table of Legislation History Legislation Year and No Commencement Agricultural Land (Control of Sales and Leases) (Exempted Transactions) (Jersey) Regulations 1974 R&O.6049 2 October 1974 Agricultural Land (Control of Sales and Leases) (Exempted Transactions) (No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 1979 R&O.6609 31 January 1979 States of Jersey (Amendments and Construction Provisions No. 3) (Jersey) Regulations 2005 R&O.132/2005 9 December 2005 Table of Renumbered Provisions Original Current 2 3 Table of Endnote References 1 These Regulations have been amended by the States of Jersey (Amendments and Construction Provisions No. 3) (Jersey) Regulations 2005. The amendments replace all references to a Committee of the States of Jersey with a reference to a Minister of the States of Jersey, and remove and add defined terms appropriately, consequentially upon the move from a committee system of government to a ministerial system of government 2 chapter 01.080 3 chapter 01.080 4 Regulation 2 inserted from R&O.6609