Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972

Section 22.

SCHEDULE 5 Amendments Relating to Abolition of Agricultural Wages Committees in Scotland

The [1949 c. 30.] Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Act 1949

In section 1, in subsection (1), the words from " in relation " to " section " shall cease to have effect.

In section 1, subsection (2) shall cease to have effect.

Section 2 shall cease to have effect.

In section 3, in subsection (1), the words from " for each" to " Act " shall cease to have effect.

In section 5, in subsection (1), for the words " an agricultural wages committee are " there shall be substituted the words " the Secretary of State is " ; the words " in their district" shall cease to have effect; for the words " committee shall grant" there shall be substituted the words " Secretary of State shall grant'''; and for the words " committee think" there shall be substituted the words " Secretary of State thinks ".

In section 5, in subsection (3), for the words " an agricultural wages committee have granted a permit" there shall be substituted the words " a permit has been granted (whether before or after the commencement of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972) ; and for the words " the committee " in both places where those words occur, there shall be substituted the words " the Secretary of State ".

In section 5, in subsection (4), the words from " an agricultural" to " aforesaid and " shall cease to have effect; for the words " the committee ", in both places where those words occur, there shall be substituted the words " the Secretary of State " ; and for the words " the worker to whom the permit relates " there shall be substituted the words " a worker to whom a permit has been granted (whether before or after the commencement of the said Act of 1972) under subsection (1) of this section ".

In section 5, after subsection (4) there shall be inserted the following subsections:—

“(4A) Notice of application for a permit under subsection (1) of this section, if made by an employer, shall be given by the Secretary of State to the worker to whom the application relates to enable him to make such representations as he thinks desirable.”

In section 5, in subsection (5), for the words " an agricultural wages committee " and " the agricultural wages committee " there shall be substituted in both cases the words " the Secretary of State " ; for the words " the committee " wherever those words occur, there shall be substituted the words " the Secretary of State " ; for the word " their " there shall be substituted the word " his " ; and after the words " under this " there shall be inserted the words " or the last preceding ".

In section 5, in subsection (6), after the words " a worker " there shall be inserted the words " (whether before or after the commencement of the said Act of 1972) ".

In section 6, subsections (1) to (4) shall cease to have effect.

In section 6, in subsection (5) the words from " in a district" to " this Act" shall cease to have effect, and for the words " agricultural wages committee " there shall be substituted the words " Secretary of State ".

In section 6, subsection (8) shall cease to have effect.

In section 7, in subsection (1), the words from " for each district" to " established under this Act" shall cease to have effect. In section 7, in subsection (3), for the words " an agricultural wages committee are " there shall be substituted the words " the Secretary of State is " ; the words " in their district " shall cease to have effect; for the words " the committee" there shall be substituted the words " the Secretary of State " ; and the words from " subject" to " Act" where it first occurs shall cease to have effect.

Section 8 shall cease to have effect.

In section 9, in subsection (1), for the words from " and complaints " to " thereof " there shall be substituted the words " to the Secretary of State under section 5 or section 7 of this Act ".

In section 9, subsection (2) shall cease to have effect.

In section 12, in subsection (4)(a), the words from " or " to " work " shall cease to have effect.

In section 13, the words " and of agricultural wages committees " and " and each committee " shall cease to have effect.

In section 14, the words from " or " to " thereof " shall cease to have effect.

In section 15, the words " or an agricultural wages committee " and " or committee, as the case may be," shall cease to have effect.

The second Schedule shall cease to have effect.

In the third Schedule, in paragraph 1, sub-paragraph (b) shall cease to have effect.

In the third Schedule, in paragraph 4, the words from " and serve " to the end of the paragraph shall cease to have effect.

In the third Schedule, in paragraph 5, for the words from "in the district" to " such a special area " there shall be substituted the words " or to any class of workers (as defined in the order) or to any area or to any such class in any area ".

The [1968 c. 34.] Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968

In section 46, subsection (3) shall cease to have effect.