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Agricultural Holdings (Option to Purchase) Act.

Country/Territory
Barbados
Document type
Legislation
Date
1982
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Laws of Barbados, pp. 1-11.
Long title
An Act to make provision respecting the purchase by tenants of agricultural holdings for the purpose of facilitating agricultural development in Barbados.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land tenure Lease Public land Transfer Agricultural land Smallholders/peasants Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Act prescribes that it shall be a term or condition of every tenancy of an agricultural holding of a plantation specified in the First Schedule to this Act that a qualified tenant may purchase the freehold of that agricultural holding at a price to be agreed upon between the landlord and tenant. “Agricultural holding” is defined by the Security of Tenure of Small Holdings Act. A qualified tenant is a tenant that has been cultivating the holding for a specified number of years. An option to purchase shall be exercised in the form as set out in the Second Schedule to this Act. If the tenant is unable to purchase the freehold, he or she may apply to the High Court.

Full text
English
Website
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