New South Wales Consolidated Acts

AGRICULTURAL TENANCIES ACT 1990 - SECT 7

7 Improvements carried out by tenants without consent

(1) It is a term of a tenancy that the tenant may carry out an improvement on the farm without the consent of the owner only if:

(a) the improvement is mentioned in Schedule 1, or

(b) the improvement is a work or thing of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section, or

(c) the improvement is first determined by arbitration to be suitable and desirable in the circumstances.

(2) The owner must pay fair compensation to the tenant for an improvement carried out by the tenant and referred to in subsection (1) (a) or (b).

(3) The owner must pay fair compensation to the tenant for an improvement carried out by the tenant and referred to in subsection (1) (c) if compensation is determined by arbitration to be payable.

(4) Compensation payable under this section is payable at the end of the tenancy or at such earlier time as may be agreed or determined by arbitration.