Land Act, 1927

Prohibition of sub-division, sub-letting and cutting of trees without the consent of the Land Commission prior to the appointed day.

3.—(1) The tenant of a holding to which the Land Act, 1923 , applies shall not without the consent in writing of the Land Commission sub-divide the holding or sub-let the same or any part thereof, but it shall not be necessary for such tenant to procure the consent of the landlord to any sub-division or sub-letting or to any assignment of the holding.

(2) Where any holding is sub-divided with such consent as aforesaid, the rent, compounded arrears of rent, payment in lieu of rent and the standard purchase annuity shall be apportioned in such manner as the Land Commission deem expedient, and the several parts of the holding shall be deemed to be separate holdings to which the Land Act, 1923 , applies, and in the case of a judicial holding the several proportionate parts of the original judicial rent shall be deemed to be separate judicial rents.

(3) The tenant of a holding to which the Land Act, 1923 , applies shall not without the consent in writing of the Land Commission as well as that of any other person entitled to or having an interest in the timber on the holding cut down or uproot or permit to be cut down or uprooted any tree upon the holding which he had not the right to cut down or uproot before the date of the passing of the said Act (other than a fruit tree or osier or any tree planted by himself) and which is necessary for the ornament or shelter of the holding, and if any such tree is cut down or uprooted in violation of this condition the tenant shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding five pounds for each tree so cut down or uprooted.

(4) The consent of the Land Commission to the sub-division or sub-letting of a holding shall not affect their powers to retain or resume the same or any part thereof on or after the appointed day.