19Additional rent

19 Additional rent

(1)  Where at the time of the Board's allotment under section fifteen the holding lacks some of the improvements considered necessary by the Board for the working of the holding, the Board may –

(a) [Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 17 of 1996, Applied:15 May 1998] with its officers, servants, agents and licensees enter on the holding from time to time and carry out such improvements; or

(b) agree with the tenant that he will make such improvements at the Board's expense.

(2)  *[Section 19 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 22 of 1960, s. 6 ]*The Board shall determine the cost of improvements done under subsection (1) of this section, either as they are done or when they have all been done, and the annual rent payable shall, if the Board has reserved its right thereto in notifying the tenant of its allotment of the holding, be increased by one-fortieth of –

(a) the cost so determined; or

(b) where anything is payable under section twenty-six in respect of an improvement so done, the amount remaining after subtracting from the cost so determined the amount payable under section twenty-six .

(3)  If the grant under section seventeen is made before the completion of all such improvements, the Board may, if the grant so provides, cause to be registered a memorandum of increase of rent, and thereupon the rent payable under the grant shall be increased accordingly.