Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 2151 of 2003). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision England Document type Regulation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Less favoured areas Agricultural land Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Entry into force notes This Order comes into force on 12 September 2003. Abstract This Order prescribes units of production for the assessment of the productive capacity of agricultural land situated in England and sets out the amount which is to be regarded as the net annual income from each such unit. An assessment of the productive capacity of agricultural land is required in determining whether or not the land in question is a "commercial unit of agricultural land" for the purposes of the succession provisions in the 1986 Act: see in particular sections 36(3) and 50(2). A "commercial unit of agricultural land" is land which, when farmed under competent management, is capable of producing a net annual income which is not less than the aggregate of the average annual earnings of two full-time male agricultural workers aged 20 years or over (paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the 1986 Act). In determining this annual income figure, neither the system of farming carried out on a particular holding nor historical data from that holding will necessarily be used. Instead, whenever a particular farming use mentioned in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order is relevant to this determination, the units of production and the net annual income specified in columns 2 and 3 respectively will form the basis of the assessment of the productive capacity of the land in question. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Repeals Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 1925 of 2002). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2002 Keyword: Less favoured areas, Agricultural land Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 2867 of 2005). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2005 Keyword: Less favoured areas, Agricultural land Source: FAO, FAOLEX