[10A Assignation of tenancy]
Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (1991 c 55) | Legislation

[10A  Assignation of tenancy]

[(1)     A lease of an agricultural holding may be assigned by the tenant to [any one of the persons mentioned in subsection (1A)] if, following notice under subsection (2), the landlord consents to a proposed assignation.

[(1A)     The persons referred to in subsection (1) are—

(a)     any person who would be, or would in any circumstances have been, entitled to succeed to the tenant's estate on intestacy by virtue of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964,

(b)     a spouse or civil partner of a child of the tenant,

(c)     a spouse or civil partner of a grandchild of the tenant,

(d)     a spouse or civil partner of a brother or sister of the tenant,

(e)     a brother or sister of the tenant's spouse or civil partner,

(f)     a spouse or civil partner of such a brother or sister,

(g)     a child (including a step-child) of such a brother or sister,

(h)     a grandchild (including a step-grandchild) of such a brother or sister,

(i)     a step-child of the tenant,

(j)     a spouse

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