Part I Definitions
Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 (1976 c 80) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 3 Protected Occupiers in their own Right

Section 1

Part I Definitions

Qualifying worker

1

A person is a qualifying worker for the purposes of this Act at any time if, at that time, he has worked whole-time in agriculture, or has worked in agriculture as a permit worker, for not less than 91 out of the last 104 weeks.

Incapable of whole-time work in agriculture, or work in agriculture as a permit worker, in consequence of a qualifying injury or disease

2

(1)     A person is, for the purposes of this Act, incapable of whole-time work in agriculture in consequence of a qualifying injury or disease if—

(a)     he is incapable of such work in consequence of—

(i)     an injury or disease prescribed in relation to him, by reason of his employment in agriculture, under section 76(2) of the Social Security Act 1975, or

(ii)     an injury caused by an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment in agriculture, and

(b)     at the time when he became so incapable, he was employed in agriculture as a whole-time worker.

(2)     A person is, for the purposes of this Act,

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