Agricultural Marketing Act 1958

53 Provisions as to Northern Ireland. U.K.

(1) This Act, except in so far as it is otherwise expressly provided therein, and subject to the provisions of this section, shall extend to Northern Ireland.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(4) Before . . . F3 revoking a certificate under this section, the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Northern Ireland shall consult the Board of Trade, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Scotland.

(5) The consumers’ committees [F4 and], committees of investigation [F5 and Agricultural Marketing Facilities Committees for Great Britain, for England and Wales and for Scotland] shall operate, and the Agricultural Marketing Fund and the Agricultural Marketing (Scotland) Fund shall be applicable, in relation to schemes applicable to Northern Ireland or any part thereof, in like manner as they operate and are applicable respectively in relation to schemes not applicable to Northern Ireland or any part thereof, but when any such committee is considering any scheme applicable to Northern Ireland or any part thereof there shall be added thereto as additional members thereof such persons as the Minister may appoint for the purpose.

In this subsection the reference to the Minister includes a reference to the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Northern Ireland.

(6) Notwithstanding anything in the M1 Agricultural Returns Act (Northern Ireland), 1939, as amended by any subsequent enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, any returns made under that Act may be used for the purpose of compiling any list under section five of this Act.

(7) Subsection (7) of section six of this Act shall have effect in Northern Ireland as if the words “not being a magistrates’ court” were omitted.

(8) Section twelve of this Act shall have effect in Northern Ireland as if for the reference therein to section twenty-one of the M2 Arbitration Act, 1950, and to section twenty-six of that Act there were substituted respectively a reference to section twenty-two of the M3 Arbitration Act (Northern Ireland), 1937, and to section sixteen of the last-mentioned Act.

(9) Subsection (5) of section eighteen of this Act shall have effect in Northern Ireland as if—

(a) for the reference therein to section one hundred and eleven of the M4 County Courts Act, 1934, there were substituted a reference to [F6 sections thirty-five and thirty-seven of the County Officers and Courts (Ireland) Act, 1877][F6 section 31 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978];

(b) for the words “within the district of which” there were substituted the words “having jurisdiction in the area in which”;

(c) references therein to the High Court were references to the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland.

(10) For the purpose of negotiations between a board administering a scheme which is not applicable to Northern Ireland or any part thereof and the board administering a scheme made under legislation enacted by the Parliament of Northern Ireland for regulating the marketing of an agricultural product, the provisions of section thirty-one of this Act relating to the power of a board to negotiate with other persons shall have effect as if the reference therein to the Minister were a reference to the Minister and the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Northern Ireland.

(11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

(12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 53(2) repealed (without prejudice to the power of the Secretary of State to revoke a certificate) by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36, SIF 29:3), s. 41(1), Sch. 6 Pt. I

F2 S. 53(3) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36, SIF 29:3), s. 41(1), Sch. 6 Pt. I

F3 Words repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36, SIF 29:3), s. 41(1), Sch. 6 Pt. I

F4 Word inserted (E.W.S.) by Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972 (c. 62, SIF 2:1), s. 12(3)(b)

F5 Words repealed (E.W.S.) by Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972 (c.62, SIF 2:1), ss. 12(3)(c), 26(3)(4), Sch. 6

F6 Words “section 31 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978” substituted (N.I.) for words from “sections 35 and 37 of County Courts Act” onwards by S.I. 1982/1080 (N.I. 12), art. 46(1), Sch. 8

F7 S. 53(11) repealed by Northern Ireland Act 1962 (c. 30), Sch. 4, Pt. IV

F8 S. 53(12) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c.36, SIF 29:3), s. 41(1), Sch. 6 Pt. I

Marginal Citations

M1 1939 c. 35. (N.I.).

M2 1950 c. 27.

M3 1937 c. 8. (N.I.).

M4 1934 c. 53.