This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.
This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
Subject to subsection (4) below, this Act extends to England and Wales only.
Subject to subsection (5) below and to paragraph 26(6) of Schedule 14 to this Act, the amendment or repeal by this Act of an enactment which extends to Scotland or Northern Ireland shall also extend there.
Subsection (4) above does not apply to the amendment or repeal by this Act of section 9 of the Hill Farming Act 1946, section 48(4) of the Agriculture Act 1967 or an enactment contained in the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968.