Agriculture Act 1967

43 Subsidies for hill sheep and cattle.

(1) Section 13 of the [1946 c. 73.] Hill Farming Act 1946 (which authorises payments year by year for hill sheep and cattle but which, as amended by the [1951 c. 18.] Livestock Rearing Act 1951, the [1956 c. 72.] Hill Farming Act 1956 and section 2 of the [1963 c. 11.] Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1963, is restricted to a period of years ending in 1967) shall apply without any such restriction and accordingly—

(a) " relevant days " in the said section 13(1)(a) and in related contexts in the same Act shall mean such day of December in any year as may be specified in the relevant scheme under that section, and

(b) in the said section 13(1)(b) for the words from " the year 1947 " to the words " succeeding years " there shall be substituted the words " any year ".

(2) Schemes made under the said section 13 after the coming into force of this section shall restrict payments under subsection (1)(a) and payments under subsection (1)(b) of that section to periods not exceeding five years, but any such period may from time to time be extended by further schemes for periods not exceeding five years.

(3) This section extends to Northern Ireland.