The New Agricultural Holdings Maintenance Code

Tenant Farming Commissioner, Bob McIntosh, has this month issued a new code of practice on the Maintenance of the Condition of Tenanted Agricultural Holdings. The TFC was tasked with preparing practical guidance to assist in the negotiations between Landlords and Tenants as part of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016. The code is the fourth code in a series to be produced by the TFC, to assist in communications between Landlords and Tenants. The new maintenance code offers a route towards agreement between Landlord and Tenant where one party cannot secure the agreement of the other, or, in circumstances where an attempt has been made but the parties disagree. The key principles in the code are set out below.