Syllabus

Syllabus for the Examinations held after 1st July 2005

Candidates are expected to have a working knowledge of all matters relevant to rural property, rights, assets and chattels including but not restricted to the following:

  1. Farming, the CAP, other relevant policy regimes and business structures
    1. Agricultural Practice and Theory
    2. Business planning and structures for rural landowners and farmers
    3. The Common Agricultural Policy, grants, subsidies and production control systems including IACS, quotas and livestock premium rights
    4. Diversification within agriculture
    5. Preparation and use of farm budgets, cash flows, management accounts and analysis of audited farm accounts
    6. Regulations bearing on rural land and businesses, such as health and safety, etc.
  2. Identification, Law, Valuation and Marketing of Rural Property and Chattels
    1. Freehold and rental valuations, marketing, selling and letting rural property
    2. Growing and harvested crops
    3. Agricultural live and deadstock, produce, commodities and consumable stores
    4. Landlord and Tenant, including:
      1. the drafting of farm business tenancy and other agreements
      2. the law and valuations relevant to the commencement, the operation and the termination of tenancies under:
        - the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986
        - the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995
        - the Landlord and Tenant Acts 1927 and 1954, and general business tenancy legislation
        - the Housing Act 1988
        - the common law including rental, tenant's fixtures and improvements, dilapidations, other rights, claims and obligations of landlords and tenants.
    5. Compulsory Purchase and Compensation as applied to agricultural and other rural property, businesses, assets and chattels
    6. Wayleaves, easements, communications masts, etc.
    7. Taxation - framework of and Valuations for Income Tax, Corporation Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance Tax and other national and local taxation
    8. Business interests - partnerships, companies, etc.
  3. Non-agricultural Uses
    1. Rural planning and development control
    2. Diversification into non-agricultural uses
    3. Re-use of rural buildings
    4. Residential development in the countryside
    5. Agreements for development including options
  4. Environmental matters
    1. Environmental schemes (such as Environmental Stewardship and Tir Cynnal, ESAs, Countryside Stewardship Scheme, Tir Gofal), grants, subsidies and management agreements
    2. Pollution controls (including NVZs, etc.) and management
    3. Conservation
    4. Farm woodlands
    5. Environmental Impact Assessments
  5. Disputes Resolution
    1. Arbitrations under the Arbitration Act 1996 and the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986
    2. Other forms of disputes resolution
    3. Preparation of evidence and role of expert witness
  6. Professional Practice
    1. Written and oral structured reporting and communication
    2. Office systems and efficiency
    3. Professional standards, regulation and Professional Indemnity Insurance
  7. General Knowledge of the Countryside
Thu 09 September, 2010

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