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The Agricultural Land Tribunals Rules 1978 - continued

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PARTIES ETC

Persons affected to be parties
    12. (1) Without prejudice to rule 10(2), any person against whom any relief is sought on an application under rules 2 to 11 (or on an application by the Crown under section 6 of the 1977 Act) shall be a party to the proceedings on that application.

    (2) Any authority having power to enforce the statutory requirement specified in an application under rule 6(1) shall be entitled to be heard on the proceedings on an application under that paragraph, and shall be treated as a party thereto except for the purposes of rule 15.

Sub-tenancies
    13.(1) Where an application is made to the tribunal in respect of an agricultural holding the whole or any part of which has been sublet, every landlord, tenant and sub-tenant of that holding shall be a party to the proceedings on that application.

     (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in a drainage case.

Joinder of parties
    14. If it appears to the chairman or to the tribunal, whether on the application of a party or otherwise, that it is desirable to join any person as a party to the proceedings, the chairman or the tribunal, as the case may be, may order such person to be joined and may give such consequential directions as may be just, including directions as to the service of documents on any person so joined and as to the time within which he may reply to the application.



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