SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 16 Amendments etc. for Facilitating Contracting Out

Agriculture Act 1986 (c.49)

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For subsection (3) of section 1 of the Agriculture Act 1986 (provision of services and goods connected with agriculture and countryside) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

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The provision which may be made under this section includes provision for any services or goods mentioned in subsection (1) above to be supplied—

a

through any person with whom the Minister enters into a contract for the making of the supply; or

b

through any organisation established by him for the purposes of this section.