Under paragraph 9 of schedule 2A of the Housing Act 1988, landlords can "opt-out" of providing assured agricultural occupancies and issue assured shorthold tenancies instead. As the Act abolishes assured shorthold tenancies, these new provisions will allow an opt-out to continue in the new system.
Part 1: Tenancy reform Chapter 1: Assured Tenancies Section 24: Assured agricultural occupancies: opting out etc. Background