5 Fixed equipment and insurance premiums

5  Fixed equipment and insurance premiums

(1)     When a lease of an agricultural holding to which this section applies is entered into, a record of the condition of the fixed equipment on the holding shall be made forthwith, and on being so made shall be deemed to form part of the lease; and section 8 of this Act shall apply to the making of such a record and to the cost thereof as it applies to a record made under that section.

(2)     There shall be deemed to be incorporated in every lease of an agricultural holding to which this section applies—

(a)     an undertaking by the landlord that, at the commencement of the tenancy or as soon as is reasonably practicable thereafter, he will put the fixed equipment on the holding into a thorough state of repair, and will provide such buildings and other fixed equipment as will enable an occupier reasonably skilled in husbandry to maintain efficient production as respects both—

(i)     the kind of produce specified in the lease, or (failing such specification) in use to be

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