Agricultural Tenancies Act 1990 No. 64
An Act to regulate the rights of agricultural landowners, tenants and sharefarmers and to provide for the determination by mediation or arbitration of disputes between them; to repeal the Agricultural Holdings Act 1941; and for other purposes.
The Agricultural Tenancies Act 1990 applies to all agricultural tenancies in New South Wales. The Act gives the owner and the tenant freedom to make a tenancy agreement tailored to meet the particular needs of both, and to deal with the realities of present-day agricultural practices.
The Act provides a mechanism for resolution of disputes by the parties themselves through mediation, and also provides an arbitration mechanism for settling disputes between parties to agricultural tenancies that is outside the court system. The procedures for the arbitration aim to be quick, cheap and as free of legal technicality as possible.
The Act does not have the power to enable recovery of outstanding rent or lease payments. Such matters should be directed to the Local Court.
