This Law provides for the preservation of natural beauty of Guernsey and the control of development of agricultural land and for these purposes provides for the appointment by the States of the Preservation of Natural Beauty and Control of Agricultural Land Committee. The Law principally grants legislative powers to the States for the purposes of this Law. Ordinances of the States shall provide for a system of authorization of development of agricultural land and certain activities affecting the landscape.

This Law provides rules relative to improvements made by tenants or landlords under a lease of an agricultural holding. The tenant shall in principle be entitled on the termination of the tenancy to receive compensation in accordance with the provisions of the Second Schedule, for any improvement carried out by the tenant as specified in Part I of the First Schedule or any act of husbandry carried out by the tenant on the holding as specified in Part II of the First Schedule. If the landlord carries out such improvement he or she may raise the rent according to provisions of this Law.