S. 1(3) substituted (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 40, ss. 76, 82(2), Sch. 16 para. 14.

S. 1(4): power to transfer certain functions conferred (27.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/3141, arts. 2(1)(5), 3, Sch.

1947 c. 48.

Words substituted by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), ss. 54, 59(1), Sch. 3 para. 35

1964 c. 14.

1967 c. 8.

1965 c. 14.

1965 c. 14.

S. 6: power to transfer certain functions conferred (27.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/3141, arts. 2(1)(5), 3, Sch.

1965 c. 14.

1960 c. 22.

1965 c. 14.

1967 c. 22.

s. 8 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 24(2); s. 8(2) in force at 8.9.1986 by S.I. 1986/1596, art. 2; s. 8(4)-(6) in force at 1.4.1998 by S.I. 1998/879, art. 2.

1983 c. 3.

S. 9: power to transfer certain functions conferred (27.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/3141, arts. 2(1)(5), 3, Sch.

1970 c. 40.

Power conferred by s. 9(5) fully exercised: 1.10.86 appointed by S.I. 1986/1419

1970 c. 40.

1958 c. 47.

S.I. 1980/623.

S.I. 1980/2001.

S. 13 excluded (1.9.1995) by 1995 c. 8, ss. 16(3), 41(2) (with s. 37).

Words in s. 14(a) substituted (25.9.1991) by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55, SIF 2:3), ss. 88(1), 89(2), Sch. 11 para. 43, (with s. 45(3), Sch. 12 para. 3)

1911 c. 49.

1955 c. 21.

1986 c. 5.

S.I. 1986/470.

S.I. 1986/470.

1986 c. 5.

Words in s. 16(2) substituted (25.9.1991) by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55, SIF 2:3), ss. 88(1), 89(2), Sch. 11 para. 44(a), (with s. 45(3), Sch. 12 para. 3)

Words in s. 16(7) substituted (25.9.1991) by Agricultural HOldings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55, SIF 2:3), ss. 88(1), 89(2), Sch. 11 para. 44(b), (with s. 45(3), Sch. 12 para. 3)

S. 17 explained by Farm Land and Rural Development Act 1988 (c. 16, SIF 2:1), s. 4(2)

1947 c. 48.

1948 c. 45.

Words in s. 17(2) in definition of "the Minister" substituted (27.3.2002) by The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 28 (with arts. 5(3), 6)

Words in s. 18(2)(a) repealed (27.3.2002) by The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794), art. 5(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 6)

Words in s. 18(2)(a) substituted (20.2.1999) by S.I. 1999/416, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 11

Words in s. 18(2)(a) substituted (30.1.2001) by 2000 c. 37, ss. 73(4), 103(2), Sch. 8 para. 1(j)

Words in s. 18(2)(b) substituted (1.4.1991) as provided by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 132, Sch. 9 para. 13; S.I. 1991/685, art. 3

S. 18(2)(c) substituted (1.4.1992) by Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 28, SIF 46:1), s. 27(1), Sch. 10 para. 12; S.I. 1991/2633, art. 4

S. 18(4)(aa) inserted (1.3.1994) by S.I. 1994/249, reg. 2(a).

Words in s. 18(4)(b) substituted (1.3.1994) by 1994/249, reg. 2(b).

S. 18(4A) inserted (1.7.1997) by S.I. 1997/1457, reg. 2.

Words in s. 18(6) substituted (25.9.1991) by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1992 (c. 55, SIF 2:3), ss. 88(1), 89(2), Sch. 11 para. 45 (with s. 45(3), Sch. 12 para. 3)

1967 c. 10.

1947 c. 48.

1948 c. 45.

1949 c. 97.

Words in s. 18(11) in the definition of "the Minister" substituted (27.3.2002) by The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 29 (with arts. 5(3), 6)

1974 c. 28.

Words in s. 19(4) substituted (25.9.1991) by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55, SIF 2:3), ss. 88(1), 89(2), Sch. 11 para. 46 (with s. 45(3), Sch. 12 para. 3)

1961 c. 58.

1981 c. 69.

1970 c. 40.

1972 c. 68.

S. 21 repealed by Rights of Way Act 1990 (c. 24, SIF 59), s. 6(4)

S. 22 repealed (N.I.) by S.I.1987/166 (N.I. 1),art.20, Sch.

1970 c. 40.

S. 23A inserted (25.9.1991) by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55, SIF 2:3), ss. 88(1), 89(2), Sch. 11 para. 47 (with s. 45(3), Sch. 12 para. 3)

S. 24 partly in force; s. 24(5) partly in force 21.11.1991, see S.I. 1991/2635

S. 24: power of appointment conferred by s. 24 partly exercised: S.I. 1986/1484, 1485, 1596, 2301

S. 24(2): s. 24(2) power exercised by S.I. 1991/2635

S. 24(2) power partly exercised (19.3.1998): 1.4.1998 appointed for specified provision by S.I. 1998/879.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/49/body/2002-03-27Agriculture Act 1986An Act to make further provision relating to agriculture and agricultural and other food products, horticulture and the countryside; and for connected matters.1986-07-25texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2020-01-102002-03-27 Provision of agricultural services and goods
1 Provision of services and goods connected with agriculture and countryside.1

The Minister may make provision for the supply to any person of any services or goods relating to—

a

the production and marketing of agricultural produce and other food;

b

the conservation and enhancement of the natural beauty and amenity of the countryside; or

c

any other agricultural activity or other enterprise of benefit to the rural economy.

2

The provision which may be made under this section includes, in particular, provision for—

a

the giving of information, advice, instruction and training;

b

the undertaking of research and development;

c

the examination or testing of any substance;

d

the supply of veterinary services and of goods required for veterinary purposes;

e

the performance of any service required in connection with the drainage of agricultural land.

3

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.

4

Any services or goods provided by virtue of this section may be provided free of charge or for such reasonable charge as the Ministers may determine.

5

For the purposes of this section the conservation of the natural beauty of the countryside includes the conservation of flora and fauna and geological and physiographical features.

6

In this section—

agriculture” has the same meaning as in the Agriculture Act 1947;

food” has the same meaning as in the Food Safety Act 1990; and

the Minister” means—

a

in relation to services or goods provided in England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; and

b

in relation to services or goods provided in Wales, the Secretary of State,

and “the Ministers” means those Ministers acting jointly.

Fees and charges to meet costs of statutory functions connected with agriculture
2 Fees under seeds regulations.

In section 16 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (seeds regulations) after subsection (5) there shall be inserted—

5A

In determining any fees to be charged under seeds regulations the Minister may have regard to the costs incurred by him in connection with the enforcement of the regulations.

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3 Fees and charges under Plant Health Act 1967.

After section 4 of the Plant Health Act 1967 there shall be inserted the following section—

4A Charges in connection with import and export licences and certificates.

Without prejudice to section 4(1) above, an order under this Act may impose such reasonable fees or other charges as the competent authority may, with the consent of the Treasury, prescribe—

a

in connection with applications for and the issue of any licence or certificate which may be issued in pursuance of such an order in connection with the import or export of any article; and

b

in respect of the performance by the authority of any service without the performance of which any requirement for the issue of such a licence or certificate would not be met.

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Agricultural marketing
4 Constitution and functions of Home-Grown Cereals Authority.1

The Cereals Marketing Act 1965 shall have effect subject to the following amendments (which relate to the constitution and functions of the Home-Grown Cereals Authority).

2

In subsection (1) of section 1 of that Act (establishment of the Authority for the purpose of improving the marketing of home-grown cereals) for the word “marketing” there shall be substituted the words “production and marketing”.

3

For subsections (2) to (4) of that section (membership of the Authority) there shall be substituted—

2

The Authority shall consist of not less than twelve and not more than twenty-one members appointed by the Ministers.

3

Of those members—

a

not less than two and not more than three shall be appointed as being independent; and

b

an equal number (being not less than five and not more than nine) shall be appointed as being respectively—

i

persons capable of representing the interests of growers of home-grown cereals, and

ii

persons capable of representing the interests of persons who are either dealers in or processors of home-grown cereals.

4

Of the members appointed under paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of this section as being persons capable of representing the interests of growers of home-grown cereals—

a

such number as appears to the Ministers to be adequate shall be appointed as being also capable of representing the interests of farmers who use home-grown cereals for feeding livestock kept by them; and

b

at least one shall be appointed as being capable of representing, in particular, the interests of growers of home-grown cereals in Scotland, one the interests of such growers in Wales and one the interests of such growers in Northern Ireland.

4A

The Ministers shall appoint one of the members appointed under paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of this section to be chairman and another to be deputy chairman of the Authority.

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4

Sections 2 to 5 (bonus payments in respect of forward contracts and deliveries of cereals) and Part II (trading functions of Home-Grown Cereals Authority) of that Act shall cease to have effect.

5

In section 6 of that Act (non-trading functions of Home-Grown Cereals Authority) in subsection (5)—

a

after the words “work in” there shall be inserted the words “connection with any matter relating to—

aa

the breeding and cultivation of cereals,”;

b

for the words “the marketing of cereals” there shall be substituted the words “the production or marketing of cereals”; and

c

for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—

b

the invention of new uses of, or processes which might be applied to, home-grown cereals or straw or the development or assessment of such uses or processes or existing uses or processes,

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6

In paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to that Act (appointment by the Home-Grown Cereals Authority of advisory committees)—

a

at the beginning of sub-paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the words “Subject to sub-paragraph (1A) below,”; and

b

after that sub-paragraph there shall be inserted—

1A

The Authority shall appoint a committee to determine programmes for and report on research and development in connection with home-grown cereals and shall, if the Ministers so direct, appoint a committee to determine programmes for and report on the encouragement of the marketing of such cereals.

1B

Different committees may be appointed under this paragraph in respect of different kinds of cereals.

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5 Levies under Cereals Marketing Act 1965.1

Section 14 (alternative methods of raising levy) and section 15 (levy recovered wholly or mainly by deduction) of the Cereals Marketing Act 1965 shall cease to have effect.

2

For subsection (1) of section 16 of that Act (preparation and submission of schemes for imposing levies) there shall be substituted—

1

The Authority may at any time prepare and submit to the Ministers a scheme for imposing a levy on persons specified in the scheme who are growers or processors of, or dealers in, home-grown cereals of a kind so specified or who in the course of their business act as intermediaries in the selling and buying of such cereals.

1A

Before submitting a scheme under subsection (1) above, the Authority shall in such manner as they consider appropriate consult such persons or organisations as appear to them to represent the interests concerned.

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3

In subsection (2) of that section (by virtue of which such schemes may provide for the registration of such growers, dealers and processors and require them to furnish information and keep records) for the words “any persons who are growers of, or dealers in, home-grown cereals or who process home-grown cereals” there shall be substituted the words “any such persons as are mentioned in subsection (1) above”.

4

After that subsection there shall be inserted—

2A

A scheme under this section—

a

may authorise such of the persons on whom the levy is imposed as may be specified in the scheme to recover all or part of the levy payable by them from such other persons (being persons mentioned in subsection (1) above) as may be so specified and may provide for direct collection from those other persons; and

b

may authorise the deduction from the levy payable by persons with such a right of recovery, or the repayment to them, of—

i

such amounts as may be determined in accordance with the scheme in respect of expenses incurred by them in exercising that right, and

ii

any sums which are in accordance with the scheme to be treated as irrecoverable.

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5

For section 20(2) of that Act (disclosure of information to Home-Grown Cereals Authority) there shall be substituted—

2

Any information obtained by the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce may be disclosed to the Authority for the purpose of assisting them in collecting any levy imposed under this Act; and any such disclosure shall not be treated as a breach of contract, trust or confidence.

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6

In section 24 of that Act (interpretation)—

a

in subsection (4)(a) (under which orders under section 13 may include provision as to the circumstances in which cereals shall be treated as delivered) after the words “specified in” there shall be inserted the words “the order”;

b

in subsection (5) (which defines a dealer in home-grown cereals as a person trading as a wholesale buyer and seller of such cereals and a processor of home-grown cereals as a person who applies an industrial process to such cereals with a view to selling the processed cereals in the course of his business) for the words “wholesale buyer and seller” there shall be substituted the words “wholesale buyer or seller” and the words “with a view to selling the processed cereals” shall be omitted.

7

In Schedule 3 to that Act (supplementary provisions concerning levies), for paragraphs 4 to 6 there shall be substituted—

4

For the purposes of sections 13 to 17 of this Act and of this Schedule a crop which consists of two or more kinds of home-grown cereals shall be treated as if it were a separate kind of home-grown cereals.

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6 Extension of Cereals Marketing Act 1965 to new cereals and other crops.1

The Ministers may, if they think fit, by order provide that the provisions of the Cereals Marketing Act 1965 shall apply in relation to any such crop falling within subsection (2) below as may be specified in the order as if it were a kind of cereals and, in the case of a crop grown in the United Kingdom, a kind of home-grown cereals within the meaning of that Act.

2

The crops referred to in subsection (1) above are—

a

herbage seed, flax and any seed grown with a view to the production of oil from it;

b

peas and beans grown for harvesting in a dried state;

c

any crop (except grass) normally grown only for use in feeding livestock;

d

any other arable crop (except sugar, hops, potatoes or any horticultural produce within the meaning of section 8(1) of the Horticulture Act 1960).

3

Before making an order under this section in respect of any crop the Ministers shall consult the Home-Grown Cereals Authority and such persons or organisations as appear to them to represent the interests concerned.

4

An order under this section may make such modifications of the Cereals Marketing Act 1965 as the Ministers consider necessary or expedient in consequence of the provisions of the order.

5

The power to make an order under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument and no such order shall be made unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

6

In this section “the Ministers” has the same meaning as in that Act.

7

In section 24 of that Act (interpretation)—

a

in subsection (2)—

i

in the definition of “home-grown cereals” for the words “or rye” there shall be substituted the words “rye, maize or triticale”, and

ii

after the definition of “related product” there shall be inserted—

“’wheat’ includes durum wheat”; and

b

in subsection (3) for the words “and rye” there shall be substituted the words “rye, maize and triticale”.

7 Constitution and levy schemes of Meat and Livestock Commission1

In section 1(3) of the Agriculture Act 1967 (maximum number of members of the Meat and Livestock Commission) for the word “ten” there shall be substituted the word “fifteen”.

2

In section 13 of that Act (levy to meet the Commission’s expenses)—

a

at the end of subsection (1) there shall be inserted the words “; and a levy scheme may make different provision in relation to charges to be imposed to meet expenses incurred by the Commission for different purposes”;

b

after that subsection there shall be inserted—

1A

Before submitting a levy scheme under subsection (1) above the Commission may in such manner as they consider appropriate consult such persons as appear to them to represent the interests concerned”;

c

in subsection (4) (maximum charges)—

i

the word “and” at the end of paragraph (a) shall be omitted, and

ii

at the end of paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the words “and

c

may differ between the different classes or descriptions of persons chargeable”

d

in subsection (6) (provision in levy schemes for persons on whom levy imposed to recover all or a specified part of sums paid by them from others) the words “all or a specified part of” shall be omitted; and

e

after that subsection there shall be inserted—

6A

Where a levy scheme makes such provision as is mentioned in subsection (6) above it shall—

a

authorise the Commission from time to time to determine the proportion of the sums paid under the levy scheme which shall be recoverable;

b

specify whether the Commission may determine that the whole of those sums shall be recoverable and, if not, the maximum proportion of them which they may determine shall be recoverable; and

c

specify whether the Commission may determine that none of those sums shall be recoverable and, if not, the minimum proportion of them which they may determine shall be recoverable.

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8 Constitution and funding of Food from Britain1

The Agricultural Marketing Act 1983 shall have effect subject to the following amendments (being amendments relating to the constitution and funding of Food from Britain).

2

In section 1(2) (Food from Britain to consist of no fewer than thirteen and no more than fifteen members) for the word “fifteen” there shall be substituted the words “twenty-one”.

3

In section 7 (grants etc. by Ministers)—

a

at the end of subsection (1) there shall be inserted the words “and such grants may be made subject to such conditions as the Ministers may with the approval of the Treasury impose”; and

b

at the end of subsection (2) there shall be inserted the words “and any such sums may be lent subject to such conditions as the Ministers may with the approval of the Treasury impose”.

4

For paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 (payment by Ministers of remuneration etc. to members of Food from Britain) there shall be substituted—

5

Food from Britain may—

a

pay to its members such remuneration (whether by way of salary or fees) and such travelling or other allowances as it may determine;

b

pay such pension, or make such payments towards the provision of a pension, to or in respect of any of its members as it may determine; and

c

if it appears to it that there are special circumstances which make it right that a person should receive compensation on ceasing to be a member, pay him such amount by way of compensation as it may determine.

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5

In paragraph 6 of that Schedule (amount of remuneration etc. of members of committees of Food from Britain to be determined by Food from Britain with the approval of the Ministers and the Treasury) the words “with the approval of the Ministers and the Treasury” shall be omitted.

6

In paragraph 11(2) of that Schedule (amount of remuneration etc. of officers and servants of Food from Britain to be determined by Food from Britain with the approval of the Ministers and the Treasury) the words “with the approval of the Ministers and the consent of the Treasury”, in each place where they occur, and the words “with such approval” shall be omitted.

9 Abolition of Eggs Authority.1

On the appointed date the property, rights and liabilities of the Eggs Authority shall vest in the Ministers.

2

The accounting period of the Authority in which the day preceding the appointed date falls shall end with that day (if it would not otherwise have done so) and as soon as the Ministers are satisfied that the requirements of section 20 of the Agriculture Act 1970 (reports and accounts) have been complied with in respect of that and previous accounting periods, they shall by order abolish the Authority; and any liabilities incurred by the Authority after the appointed date in complying with that section or otherwise shall become liabilities of the Ministers.

3

Until an order is made under subsection (2) above abolishing the Authority they shall exercise their functions solely in accordance with directions given to them by the Ministers with a view to bringing the activities of the Authority to an end.

4

If after the abolition of the Authority it appears to the Ministers that any property vested in them by virtue of this section is not required for the purpose of satisfying the liabilities vested in them by virtue of this section, the Ministers may dispose of that property for the benefit of persons engaged by way of business in the production, marketing or processing of eggs in such manner as the Ministers think appropriate.

5

In this section “appointed date” means such date as the Ministers may by order specify for the purposes of subsection (1) above and any expressions used in this section which are defined in section 1 of the Agriculture Act 1970 shall be construed in accordance with that section.

6

The power to make an order under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

10 Repeal of certain ministerial powers concerning eggs.

Section 25 (power to regulate retail sales of eggs) and section 26 (assistance for certain transport of eggs by sea) of the Agriculture Act 1970 shall cease to have effect.

11 Consolidation of agricultural marketing schemes.

After paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 (amendment and revocation of agricultural marketing schemes) there shall be inserted—

5A1

Where the Minister considers it appropriate to do so he may—

a

prepare a consolidation of any scheme as it has effect with amendments (“the amended scheme”); and

b

by order revoke the amended scheme and approve the consolidated scheme.

2

An order made by virtue of this paragraph—

a

shall state that it is made only for the purposes of consolidation; and

b

may contain such transitional and consequential provision as the Minister considers necessary or expedient.

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12 Validation of Apple and Pear Development Council orders.

The Apple and Pear Development Council Order 1980 and the Apple and Pear Development Council (Amendment) Order 1980 shall be deemed to have been validly made notwithstanding that they were made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food acting alone rather than by that Minister and the Secretary of State acting jointly.

Compensation to tenants for milk quotas
13 Compensation to outgoing tenants for milk quota.

Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect in connection with the payment to certain agricultural tenants on the termination of their tenancies of compensation in respect of milk quota (within the meaning of that Schedule).

14 Compensation to outgoing tenants for milk quota: Scotland.

Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect in connection with the payment to outgoing tenants who are—

a

tenants of agricultural holdings within the meaning of the 1991 Act;

b

landholders within the meaning of section 2 of the Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911;

c

statutory small tenants within the meaning of section 32(1) of that Act;

d

crofters within the meaning of section 3(2) of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955,

of compensation in respect of milk quotas.

15 Rent arbitrations: milk quotas.1

Where there is a reference under section 12 of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (arbitration of rent) in respect of land which comprises or is part of a holding in relation to which quota is registered under the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1986 which was transferred to the tenant by virtue of a transaction the cost of which was borne wholly or partly by him, the arbitrator shall (subject to any agreement between the landlord and tenant to the contrary) disregard—

a

in a case where the land comprises the holding, any increase in the rental value of the land which is due to that quota (or, as the case may be, the corresponding part of that quota); or

b

in a case where the land is part of the holding, any increase in that value which is due to so much of that quota (or part) as would fall to be apportioned to the land under those Regulations on a change of occupation of the land.

2

In determining for the purposes of this section whether quota was transferred to a tenant by virtue of a transaction the cost of which was borne wholly or partly by him—

a

any payment made by the tenant in consideration for the grant or assignment to him of the tenancy or any previous tenancy of any land comprised in the holding, shall be disregarded;

b

any person who would be treated under paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 1 to this Act as having had quota transferred to him or having paid the whole or part of the cost of any transaction for the purposes of a claim under that Schedule shall be so treated for the purposes of this section; and

c

any person who would be so treated under paragraph 4 of that Schedule if a sub-tenancy to which his tenancy is subject had terminated, shall be so treated for the purposes of this section.

3

In this section—

quota” and “holding” have the same meanings as in the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1986;

tenant” and “tenancy” have the same meanings as in the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.

4

Section 95 of that Act (Crown land) applies to this section as it applies to the provisions of that Act.

16 Rent arbitrations: milk quotas, Scotland.1

Paragraph 1 and the other provisions of Schedule 2 to this Act referred to therein shall have effect for the interpretation of this section, as they do in relation to that Schedule.

2

This section applies where an arbiter or the Scottish Land Court is dealing with a reference under—

a

section 6 of the 1886 Act;

b

section 32(7) of the 1911 Act;

c

section 13 of the 1991 Act; or

d

section 5(3) of the 1955 Act,

(determination of rent) and the tenant has milk quota, including transferred quota by virtue of a transaction the cost of which was borne wholly or partly by him, registered as his in relation to a holding consisting of or including the tenancy.

3

Where this section applies, the arbiter or, as the case may be, the Land Court shall disregard any increase in the rental value of the tenancy which is due to—

a

where the tenancy comprises the holding, the proportion of the transferred quota which reflects the proportion of the cost of the transaction borne by the tenant;

b

where such transferred quota affects part only of the tenancy, that proportion of so much of the transferred quota as would fall to be apportioned to the tenancy under the 1986 Regulations on a change of occupation of the tenancy.

4

For the purposes of determining whether transferred quota has been acquired by virtue of a transaction the cost of which was borne wholly or partly by the tenant any payment by a tenant when he was granted a lease, or when a lease was assigned to him, shall be disregarded.

5

Paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to this Act (in so far as it relates to transferred quota) shall apply in relation to the operation of this section as it applies in relation to the operation of that Schedule.

6

This section shall apply where paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to this Act applies, and in any question between the original landlord and the head tenant, this section shall apply as if any transferred quota acquired by the sub-tenant by virtue of any transaction during the subsistence of the sub-lease had been acquired by the head tenant by virtue of that transaction.

7

Section 79 of the 1991 Act (Crown land) shall have effect in relation to this section as it does in relation to that Act.

Conservation
17 Duty to balance interests in exercise of agricultural functions. 1

In discharging any functions connected with agriculture in relation to any land the Minister shall, so far as is consistent with the proper and efficient discharge of those functions, have regard to and endeavour to achieve a reasonable balance between the following considerations—

a

the promotion and maintenance of a stable and efficient agricultural industry;

b

the economic and social interests of rural areas;

c

the conservation and enhancement of the natural beauty and amenity of the countryside (including its flora and fauna and geological and physiographical features) and of any features of archaeological interest there; and

d

the promotion of the enjoyment of the countryside by the public.

2

In this section—

agriculture” has the same meaning as in the Agriculture Act 1947 or, in Scotland, the Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948; and

the Minister” means—

a

in relation to land in England, the Secretary of State ; and

b

in relation to land in Wales or Scotland, the Secretary of State.

18 Designation and management of environmentally sensitive areas.1

If it appears to the Minister that it is particularly desirable—

a

to conserve and enhance the natural beauty of an area;

b

to conserve the flora or fauna or geological or physiographical features of an area; or

c

to protect buildings or other objects of archaeological, architectural or historic interest in an area,

and that the maintenance or adoption of particular agricultural methods is likely to facilitate such conservation, enhancement or protection, he may, with the consent of the Treasury and after consulting the persons mentioned in subsection (2) below as to the inclusion of the area in the order and the features for which conservation, enhancement or protection is desirable, by order designate that area as an environmentally sensitive area.

2

The persons referred to in subsection (1) above are—

a

in the case of an area in England, ... the Countryside Agency and English Nature;

b

in the case of an area in Wales, the Countryside Council for Wales; and

c

in the case of an area in Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage.

3

If the Minister considers that any of the purposes mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (1) above is likely to be facilitated in a designated area by doing so, he may make an agreement with any person having an interest in agricultural land in, or partly in, the area by which that person agrees in consideration of payments to be made by the Minister to manage the land in accordance with the agreement.

4

An order under this section designating an area may specify—

a

the requirements as to agricultural practices, methods and operations and the installation or use of equipment which must be included in agreements under subsection (3) above as respects land in the area;

aa

the requirements as to public access which may be included in such agreements

b

the period or minimum period for which requirements included in such agreements under paragraph (a) or paragraph (aa) above must be imposed;

c

the provisions which must be included in such agreements concerning the breach of such requirements; and

d

the rates or maximum rates at which payments may be made by the Minister under such agreements and the matters in respect of which such payments may be made.

4A

Where the Minister considers it necessary for the purposes of Article 10 or 20 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 746/96 (aid for agricultural production methods compatible with protection of the environment: combination of aids, and penalties), an agreement under subsection (3) may contain–

a

provision requiring the payment of penalties to the Minister in the case of breach of the agreement, and

b

provision for payments by the Minister to be withheld in specified circumstances.

5

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section, an agreement under subsection (3) above may contain such provisions as the Minister thinks fit and, in particular, such provisions as he considers are likely to facilitate such conservation, enhancement or protection as is mentioned in subsection (1) above.

6

The Minister shall not make an agreement with any person under subsection (3) above in respect of any land unless that person has certified to the Minister—

a

that no person other than he is the owner of the land; or

b

that he has notified any other person who is an owner of the land of his intention to make an agreement under subsection (3) above in respect of the land;

and in this subsection references to the owner of the land are to the estate owner in respect of the fee simple in the land or, in Scotland, the owner of the dominium utile.

7

The provisions of an agreement under subsection (3) above with any person interested in any land in England or Wales shall, unless the agreement otherwise provides, be binding on persons deriving title under or from that person and be enforceable by the Minister against those persons accordingly.

8

Where agreements have been made under subsection (3) above with persons having an interest in land in a designated area the Minister shall arrange for the effect on the area as a whole of the performance of the agreements to be kept under review and shall from time to time publish such information as he considers appropriate about those effects.

9

Schedule 2 to the Forestry Act 1967 (power for tenant for life and others to enter into forestry dedication covenants, or, in Scotland, forestry dedication agreements) shall apply to agreements under subsection (3) above as it applies to forestry dedication covenants or, as the case may be, forestry dedication agreements.

10

This section applies to land an interest in which belongs to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or to the Duchy of Lancaster, the Duchy of Cornwall or a Government department or which is held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a Government department, but no agreement under subsection (3) above shall be made as respects land to which this subsection applies without the consent of the appropriate authority.

11

In this section—

agricultural” has the same meaning as in the Agriculture Act 1947 or, in Scotland, the Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948;

the appropriate authority” has the same meaning as in section 101(11) of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949;

the Minister” means—

a

in relation to an area in England, the Secretary of State ; and

b

in relation to an area in Wales or Scotland, the Secretary of State.

12

The power to make an order under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument and any statutory instrument containing such an order shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

13

An Order in Council under paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (legislation for Northern Ireland in the interim period) which states that it is made only for purposes corresponding to those of this section—

a

shall not be subject to paragraph 1(4) and (5) of that Schedule (affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament); but

b

shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House.

19 Supplementary provisions regarding agreements under s.18(3) in Scotland.1

Where a person having an interest of a kind described in section 18(3) above in land in Scotland, being an interest which enables him to bind the land, enters into an agreement under that subsection—

a

where the land is registered in the Land Register of Scotland, the agreement may be registered in that Register;

b

in any other case the agreement may be recorded in the appropriate Division of the General Register of Sasines.

2

An agreement registered or recorded under subsection (1) above shall be enforceable at the instance of the Secretary of State against persons deriving title to the land (including any person acquiring right to a tenancy by assignation or succession) from the person who entered into the agreement; provided that such an agreement shall not be enforceable against a third party who shall have in good faith and for value acquired right (whether completed by infeftment or not) to the land prior to the agreement being registered or recorded as aforesaid, or against any person deriving title from such third party.

3

Notwithstanding the terms of any agreement registered or recorded under subsection (1) above, the parties to the agreement or any persons deriving title from them may at any time agree to terminate it; and such an agreement to terminate it shall be registered or recorded in the same manner as was the original agreement.

4

A grazings committee appointed under section 24 of the 1955 Act may, with the consent of a majority of the crofters ordinarily resident in the township, enter into an agreement under section 18(3) above in relation to any part of the common grazings and may agree to the revocation or variation of any such agreement, and such agreement, revocation or variation shall be binding upon all their successors.

5

In the case of an agreement of a kind referred to in subsection (4) above, the payments by the Secretary of State shall be made to the grazings committee and shall be applied by them either—

a

by division among the crofters who share in the common grazings in proportion to their respective rights therein; or

b

subject to subsection (6) below, in carrying out works for the improvement of the common grazings or the fixed equipment required in connection therewith.

6

A grazings committee to whom such a payment as is referred to in subsection (5) above has been made and who are proposing to apply the payment in carrying out works in accordance with paragraph (b) of that subsection shall give notice in writing to each crofter sharing in the common grazings of their proposals: and any such crofter may within one month of the date of such notice make representations in respect of the proposals to the Crofters Commission who may approve them with or without modifications or reject them.

7

“Crofter” and other expressions used in any of subsections (4) to (6) above and in section 3 of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 have the same meaning in this section as they have in that section as read with section 15(6) of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961.

20EEC farm grants relating to areas of special scientific interest or National Parks etc.1

The provisions of this section shall have effect for the purpose of amending certain provisions of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 which apply to grants under schemes made under section 29 of the Agriculture Act 1970 so as to apply them to certain agricultural grants under regulations made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

2

In subsection (1) of section 32 of the said Act of 1981 (duties of agriculture Ministers to exercise functions so as to further conservation where applications are made to them for grants under such schemes with respect to areas of special scientific interest)—

a

for the words “a grant under a scheme made under section 29 of the Agriculture Act 1970 (farm capital grants)” there shall be substituted the words “a farm capital grant”; and

b

in paragraph (a) for the words “the scheme and section 29 of the said Act of 1970” there shall be substituted the words “the grant provisions”.

3

For subsection (3) of that section (definition of “the appropriate Minister”) there shall be substituted—

3

In this section—

the appropriate Minister” means the Minister responsible for determining the application;

farm capital grant” means—

a

a grant under a scheme made under section 29 of the Agriculture Act 1970; or

b

a grant under regulations made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 to a person carrying on an agricultural business within the meaning of those regulations in respect of expenditure incurred or to be incurred for the purposes of or in connection with that business, being expenditure of a capital nature or incurred in connection with expenditure of a capital nature;

grant provisions” means—

i

in the case of such a grant as is mentioned in paragraph (a) above, the scheme under which the grant is made and section 29 of the Agriculture Act 1970; and

ii

in the case of such a grant as is mentioned in paragraph (b) above, the regulations under which the grant is made and the Community instrument in pursuance of which the regulations were made.

.

4

In subsection (3) of section 41 of the said Act of 1981 (which makes similar provision in relation to land which is in a National Park or an area specified for the purposes of that subsection)—

a

for the words “a grant under a scheme made under section 29 of the Agriculture Act 1970 (farm capital grants)” there shall be substituted the words “a farm capital grant”;

b

in paragraph (a) for the words “the scheme and the said section 29” there shall be substituted the words “the grant provisions”.

5

In subsection (5) of the said section 41 (definitions) for the definitions of “agricultural business” and “the appropriate Minister” there shall be substituted—

agricultural business” has the same meaning as in section 29 of the Agriculture Act 1970;

the appropriate Minister”, “farm capital grant” and “grant provisions” have the same meanings as in section 32;

.

6

For the definition of “farm capital grant” in subsection (4) of section 50 of that Act (payments under certain agreements offered by authorities where applications for grants under section 29 of the said Act of 1970 are refused) there shall be substituted—

farm capital grant” has the same meaning as in section 32;

21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Farm grants
22 Farm capital grants: ancillary businesses etc.1

In section 28 of the Agriculture Act 1970 (interpretation of provisions relating to capital and other grants) at the end of the definition of “agricultural business” there shall be inserted the words “and includes any other business, of a kind for the time being specified by an order made by the appropriate authority, which is carried on by a person also carrying on a business consisting in or partly in the pursuit of agriculture and is carried on on the same or adjacent land”.

2

The existing provisions of that section shall become subsection (1) of that section and after that subsection there shall be inserted—

2

An order under subsection (1) above shall be made by statutory instrument and any statutory instrument containing such an order shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

.

Supplemental
23 Financial provisions.1

There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

a

any expenses incurred by a Minister by virtue of this Act; and

b

any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other Act.

2

Any sums received by a Minister under this Act shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

23A

In this Act—

the 1886 Act” means the Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886;

the 1911 Act” means the Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911;

the 1955 Act” means the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955; and

the 1991 Act” means the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991.

24 Short title, commencement, consequential amendments, repeals and extent.1

This Act may be cited as the Agriculture Act 1986.

2

Sections 8, 10, 13 to 16 above and the repeals consequential on sections 8 to 10 above shall come into force on such date as the Ministers acting jointly may by order made by statutory instrument appoint and the remaining provisions of this Act (except for sections 12 and 18(13)) shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed; and in this subsection “the Ministers” means the Ministers responsible for agriculture in the parts of the United Kingdom to which the provision in question extends.

3

An order under subsection (2) above may appoint different dates for the coming into force of different provisions.

4

The provisions mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified (being amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act).

5

The enactments mentioned in Schedule 4 to this Act (which include some spent provisions) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

6

Sections 1, 13, 15, 18(7) and 21 above and Schedule 1 to this Act do not extend to Scotland.

7

The provisions of this Act do not extend to Northern Ireland except for sections 4 to 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18(13) and 22, this section and the provisions of Schedules 3 and 4 which affect enactments extending there.

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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/1/3">S. 1(3)</ref>
substituted (3.1.1995) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/40">1994 c. 40</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/40/section/76">ss. 76</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/40/section/82/2">82(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/40/schedule/16/paragraph/14">Sch. 16 para. 14</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c90993">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/1/4">S. 1(4)</ref>
: power to transfer certain functions conferred (27.12.1999) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/3141">S.I. 1999/3141</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/3141/article/2/1/5">arts. 2(1)(5)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/3141/article/3">3</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/3141/schedule">Sch.</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c90994">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1947/48">1947 c. 48</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c90995">
<p>
Words substituted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/16">Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/16/section/54">ss. 54</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/16/section/59/1">59(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/16/schedule/3/paragraph/35">Sch. 3 para. 35</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c90996">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/14">1964 c. 14</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c90997">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1967/8">1967 c. 8</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c90998">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/14">1965 c. 14</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c90999">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/14">1965 c. 14</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c91000">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/6">S. 6</ref>
: power to transfer certain functions conferred (27.12.1999) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/3141">S.I. 1999/3141</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/3141/article/2/1/5">arts. 2(1)(5)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/3141/article/3">3</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/3141/schedule">Sch.</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91001">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/14">1965 c. 14</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91002">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1960/22">1960 c. 22</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91003">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/14">1965 c. 14</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91004">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1967/22">1967 c. 22</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary I" eId="c91005">
<p>
s. 8 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 24(2); s. 8(2) in force at 8.9.1986 by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/1596">S.I. 1986/1596</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/1596/article/2">art. 2</ref>
; s. 8(4)-(6) in force at 1.4.1998 by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/879">S.I. 1998/879</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/879/article/2">art. 2</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91006">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/3">1983 c. 3</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c91007">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/9">S. 9</ref>
: power to transfer certain functions conferred (27.12.1999) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/3141">S.I. 1999/3141</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/3141/article/2/1/5">arts. 2(1)(5)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/3141/article/3">3</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/3141/schedule">Sch.</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91008">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1970/40">1970 c. 40</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c91009">
<p>
Power conferred by s. 9(5) fully exercised: 1.10.86 appointed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/1419">S.I. 1986/1419</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91010">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1970/40">1970 c. 40</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91011">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1958/47">1958 c. 47</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91012">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1980/623">S.I. 1980/623</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91013">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1980/2001">S.I. 1980/2001</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c91014">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/13">S. 13</ref>
excluded (1.9.1995) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/8">1995 c. 8</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/8/section/16/3">ss. 16(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/8/section/41/2">41(2)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/8/section/37">s. 37</ref>
).
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c91018">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/14/a">s. 14(a)</ref>
substituted (25.9.1991) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55">Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55, SIF 2:3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55/section/88/1">ss. 88(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55/section/89/2">89(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55/schedule/11/paragraph/43">Sch. 11 para. 43</ref>
, (with s. 45(3), Sch. 12 para. 3)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91019">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1911/49">1911 c. 49</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91020">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1955/21">1955 c. 21</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91021">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/5">1986 c. 5</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91022">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/470">S.I. 1986/470</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91023">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/470">S.I. 1986/470</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91024">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/5">1986 c. 5</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c91025">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/16/2">s. 16(2)</ref>
substituted (25.9.1991) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55">Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55, SIF 2:3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55/section/88/1">ss. 88(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55/section/89/2">89(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55/schedule/11/paragraph/44/a">Sch. 11 para. 44(a)</ref>
, (with s. 45(3), Sch. 12 para. 3)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c91026">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/16/7">s. 16(7)</ref>
substituted (25.9.1991) by Agricultural H
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55">Oldings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55, SIF 2:3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55/section/88/1">ss. 88(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55/section/89/2">89(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55/schedule/11/paragraph/44/b">Sch. 11 para. 44(b)</ref>
, (with s. 45(3), Sch. 12 para. 3)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c91035">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/17">S. 17</ref>
explained by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/16">Farm Land and Rural Development Act 1988 (c. 16, SIF 2:1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/16/section/4/2">s. 4(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91036">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1947/48">1947 c. 48</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91037">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1948/45">1948 c. 45</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c143934">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/17/2">s. 17(2)</ref>
in definition of "the Minister" substituted (27.3.2002) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/794">The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/794/article/5/1">art. 5(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/794/schedule/1/paragraph/28">Sch. 1 para. 28</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/794/article/5/3">arts. 5(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/794/article/6">6</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c143936">
<p>
Words in s. 18(2)(a) repealed (27.3.2002) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/794">The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/794/article/5/2">art. 5(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/794/schedule/2">Sch. 2</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/794/article/6">art. 6</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c91127">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/18/2/a">s. 18(2)(a)</ref>
substituted (20.2.1999) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/416">S.I. 1999/416</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/416/article/3">art. 3</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/416/schedule/1/paragraph/11">Sch. 1 para. 11</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c91128">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/18/2/a">s. 18(2)(a)</ref>
substituted (30.1.2001) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37">2000 c. 37</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37/section/73/4">ss. 73(4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37/section/103/2">103(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37/schedule/8/paragraph/1/j">Sch. 8 para. 1(j)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c91129">
<p>
Words in s. 18(2)(b) substituted (1.4.1991) as provided by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/43">Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/43/section/132">s. 132</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/43/schedule/9/paragraph/13">Sch. 9 para. 13</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/685">S.I. 1991/685</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/685/article/3">art. 3</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c91130">
<p>
S. 18(2)(c) substituted (1.4.1992) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/28">Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 28, SIF 46:1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/28/section/27/1">s. 27(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/28/schedule/10/paragraph/12">Sch. 10 para. 12</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/2633">S.I. 1991/2633</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/2633/article/4">art. 4</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c91131">
<p>
S. 18(4)(aa) inserted (1.3.1994) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/249">S.I. 1994/249</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/249/regulation/2/a">reg. 2(a)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c91132">
<p>Words in s. 18(4)(b) substituted (1.3.1994) by 1994/249, reg. 2(b).</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c91133">
<p>
S. 18(4A) inserted (1.7.1997) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1457">S.I. 1997/1457</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1457/regulation/2">reg. 2</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c91134">
<p>
Words in s. 18(6) substituted (25.9.1991) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/55">Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1992 (c. 55, SIF 2:3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/55/section/88/1">ss. 88(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/55/section/89/2">89(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/55/schedule/11/paragraph/45">Sch. 11 para. 45</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/55/section/45/3">s. 45(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/55/schedule/12/paragraph/3">Sch. 12 para. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91135">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1967/10">1967 c. 10</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91136">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1947/48">1947 c. 48</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91137">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1948/45">1948 c. 45</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91138">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1949/97">1949 c. 97</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c143938">
<p>
Words in s. 18(11) in the definition of "the Minister" substituted (27.3.2002) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/794">The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/794/article/5/1">art. 5(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/794/schedule/1/paragraph/29">Sch. 1 para. 29</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/794/article/5/3">arts. 5(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/794/article/6">6</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91139">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1974/28">1974 c. 28</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c91142">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/19/4">s. 19(4)</ref>
substituted (25.9.1991) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55">Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55, SIF 2:3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55/section/88/1">ss. 88(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55/section/89/2">89(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55/schedule/11/paragraph/46">Sch. 11 para. 46</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55/section/45/3">s. 45(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55/schedule/12/paragraph/3">Sch. 12 para. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91143">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1961/58">1961 c. 58</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91144">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/69">1981 c. 69</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91145">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1970/40">1970 c. 40</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91146">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/68">1972 c. 68</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c91147">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/21">S. 21</ref>
repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/24">Rights of Way Act 1990 (c. 24, SIF 59)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/24/section/6/4">s. 6(4)</ref>
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</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c520361">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/22">S. 22</ref>
repealed (N.I.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1987/166">S.I.1987/166 (N.I. 1)</ref>
,art.20, Sch.
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</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c91149">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1970/40">1970 c. 40</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c91151">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/23A">S. 23A</ref>
inserted (25.9.1991) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55">Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55, SIF 2:3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55/section/88/1">ss. 88(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55/section/89/2">89(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55/schedule/11/paragraph/47">Sch. 11 para. 47</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55/section/45/3">s. 45(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/55/schedule/12/paragraph/3">Sch. 12 para. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary I" eId="c91153">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/24">S. 24</ref>
partly in force;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/24/5">s. 24(5)</ref>
partly in force 21.11.1991, see
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/I">S.I</ref>
. 1991/2635
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</note>
<note class="commentary P" eId="c91154">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/24">S. 24</ref>
: power of appointment conferred by s. 24 partly exercised:
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/1484">S.I. 1986/1484</ref>
, 1485, 1596, 2301
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</note>
<note class="commentary P" eId="c91155">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/24/2">S. 24(2)</ref>
: s. 24(2) power exercised by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/2635">S.I. 1991/2635</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary P" eId="c91156">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/49/section/24/2">S. 24(2)</ref>
power partly exercised (19.3.1998): 1.4.1998 appointed for specified provision by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/879">S.I. 1998/879</ref>
.
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In section 16 of the
<noteRef href="#c90996" marker="M2" class="commentary M"/>
Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (seeds regulations) after subsection (5) there shall be inserted—
</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="primary unknown main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<subsection eId="d4e325">
<num>5A</num>
<content>
<p>In determining any fees to be charged under seeds regulations the Minister may have regard to the costs incurred by him in connection with the enforcement of the regulations.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-3">
<num>3</num>
<heading> Fees and charges under Plant Health Act 1967.</heading>
<content>
<p>
After section 4 of the
<noteRef href="#c90997" marker="M3" class="commentary M"/>
Plant Health Act 1967 there shall be inserted the following section—
</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="primary unknown main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<section eId="d4e348">
<num>4A</num>
<heading> Charges in connection with import and export licences and certificates.</heading>
<intro>
<p>Without prejudice to section 4(1) above, an order under this Act may impose such reasonable fees or other charges as the competent authority may, with the consent of the Treasury, prescribe—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d4e354">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>in connection with applications for and the issue of any licence or certificate which may be issued in pursuance of such an order in connection with the import or export of any article; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d4e360">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>in respect of the performance by the authority of any service without the performance of which any requirement for the issue of such a licence or certificate would not be met.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</section>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
</p>
</content>
</section>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="crossheading-agricultural-marketing" period="#period2">
<heading> Agricultural marketing</heading>
<section eId="section-4" period="#period2">
<num>4</num>
<heading> Constitution and functions of Home-Grown Cereals Authority.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-4-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
The
<noteRef href="#c90998" marker="M4" class="commentary M"/>
Cereals Marketing Act 1965 shall have effect subject to the following amendments (which relate to the constitution and functions of the Home-Grown Cereals Authority).
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-4-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>In subsection (1) of section 1 of that Act (establishment of the Authority for the purpose of improving the marketing of home-grown cereals) for the word “marketing” there shall be substituted the words “production and marketing”.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-4-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>For subsections (2) to (4) of that section (membership of the Authority) there shall be substituted—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="primary unknown main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<subsection eId="d4e399">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>The Authority shall consist of not less than twelve and not more than twenty-one members appointed by the Ministers.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d4e405">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>Of those members—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d4e411">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>not less than two and not more than three shall be appointed as being independent; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d4e417">
<num>b</num>
<intro>
<p>an equal number (being not less than five and not more than nine) shall be appointed as being respectively—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="d4e423">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>persons capable of representing the interests of growers of home-grown cereals, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="d4e429">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>persons capable of representing the interests of persons who are either dealers in or processors of home-grown cereals.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d4e435">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>Of the members appointed under paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of this section as being persons capable of representing the interests of growers of home-grown cereals—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d4e441">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>such number as appears to the Ministers to be adequate shall be appointed as being also capable of representing the interests of farmers who use home-grown cereals for feeding livestock kept by them; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d4e447">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>at least one shall be appointed as being capable of representing, in particular, the interests of growers of home-grown cereals in Scotland, one the interests of such growers in Wales and one the interests of such growers in Northern Ireland.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d4e453">
<num>4A</num>
<content>
<p>The Ministers shall appoint one of the members appointed under paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of this section to be chairman and another to be deputy chairman of the Authority.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-4-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>Sections 2 to 5 (bonus payments in respect of forward contracts and deliveries of cereals) and Part II (trading functions of Home-Grown Cereals Authority) of that Act shall cease to have effect.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-4-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>In section 6 of that Act (non-trading functions of Home-Grown Cereals Authority) in subsection (5)—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-4-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<intro>
<p>after the words “work in” there shall be inserted the words “connection with any matter relating to—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-4-5-a-aa">
<num>aa</num>
<content>
<p>the breeding and cultivation of cereals,”;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-4-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>for the words “the marketing of cereals” there shall be substituted the words “the production or marketing of cereals”; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-4-5-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="unknown unknown unknown default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<paragraph eId="d4e498">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the invention of new uses of, or processes which might be applied to, home-grown cereals or straw or the development or assessment of such uses or processes or existing uses or processes,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-4-6">
<num>6</num>
<intro>
<p>In paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to that Act (appointment by the Home-Grown Cereals Authority of advisory committees)—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-4-6-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>at the beginning of sub-paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the words “Subject to sub-paragraph (1A) below,”; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-4-6-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>after that sub-paragraph there shall be inserted—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="unknown unknown unknown default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<subsection eId="d4e525">
<num>1A</num>
<content>
<p>The Authority shall appoint a committee to determine programmes for and report on research and development in connection with home-grown cereals and shall, if the Ministers so direct, appoint a committee to determine programmes for and report on the encouragement of the marketing of such cereals.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d4e531">
<num>1B</num>
<content>
<p>Different committees may be appointed under this paragraph in respect of different kinds of cereals.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-5" period="#period2">
<num>5</num>
<heading> Levies under Cereals Marketing Act 1965.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-5-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
Section 14 (alternative methods of raising levy) and section 15 (levy recovered wholly or mainly by deduction) of the
<noteRef href="#c90999" marker="M5" class="commentary M"/>
Cereals Marketing Act 1965 shall cease to have effect.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>For subsection (1) of section 16 of that Act (preparation and submission of schemes for imposing levies) there shall be substituted—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="primary unknown main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<subsection eId="d4e561">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>The Authority may at any time prepare and submit to the Ministers a scheme for imposing a levy on persons specified in the scheme who are growers or processors of, or dealers in, home-grown cereals of a kind so specified or who in the course of their business act as intermediaries in the selling and buying of such cereals.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d4e567">
<num>1A</num>
<content>
<p>Before submitting a scheme under subsection (1) above, the Authority shall in such manner as they consider appropriate consult such persons or organisations as appear to them to represent the interests concerned.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>In subsection (2) of that section (by virtue of which such schemes may provide for the registration of such growers, dealers and processors and require them to furnish information and keep records) for the words “any persons who are growers of, or dealers in, home-grown cereals or who process home-grown cereals” there shall be substituted the words “any such persons as are mentioned in subsection (1) above”.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>After that subsection there shall be inserted—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="primary unknown main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<subsection eId="d4e588">
<num>2A</num>
<intro>
<p>A scheme under this section—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d4e594">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>may authorise such of the persons on whom the levy is imposed as may be specified in the scheme to recover all or part of the levy payable by them from such other persons (being persons mentioned in subsection (1) above) as may be so specified and may provide for direct collection from those other persons; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d4e600">
<num>b</num>
<intro>
<p>may authorise the deduction from the levy payable by persons with such a right of recovery, or the repayment to them, of—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="d4e606">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>such amounts as may be determined in accordance with the scheme in respect of expenses incurred by them in exercising that right, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="d4e612">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>any sums which are in accordance with the scheme to be treated as irrecoverable.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>For section 20(2) of that Act (disclosure of information to Home-Grown Cereals Authority) there shall be substituted—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="primary unknown main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<subsection eId="d4e627">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>Any information obtained by the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce may be disclosed to the Authority for the purpose of assisting them in collecting any levy imposed under this Act; and any such disclosure shall not be treated as a breach of contract, trust or confidence.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-6">
<num>6</num>
<intro>
<p>In section 24 of that Act (interpretation)—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-5-6-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>in subsection (4)(a) (under which orders under section 13 may include provision as to the circumstances in which cereals shall be treated as delivered) after the words “specified in” there shall be inserted the words “the order”;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-5-6-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>in subsection (5) (which defines a dealer in home-grown cereals as a person trading as a wholesale buyer and seller of such cereals and a processor of home-grown cereals as a person who applies an industrial process to such cereals with a view to selling the processed cereals in the course of his business) for the words “wholesale buyer and seller” there shall be substituted the words “wholesale buyer or seller” and the words “with a view to selling the processed cereals” shall be omitted.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>In Schedule 3 to that Act (supplementary provisions concerning levies), for paragraphs 4 to 6 there shall be substituted—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="unknown unknown schedule default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<paragraph eId="d4e662">
<num>4</num>
<heading/>
<content>
<p>For the purposes of sections 13 to 17 of this Act and of this Schedule a crop which consists of two or more kinds of home-grown cereals shall be treated as if it were a separate kind of home-grown cereals.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-6" period="#period4">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c91000" marker="C2" class="commentary C"/>
6
</num>
<heading> Extension of Cereals Marketing Act 1965 to new cereals and other crops.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-6-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
The Ministers may, if they think fit, by order provide that the provisions of the
<noteRef href="#c91001" marker="M6" class="commentary M"/>
Cereals Marketing Act 1965 shall apply in relation to any such crop falling within subsection (2) below as may be specified in the order as if it were a kind of cereals and, in the case of a crop grown in the United Kingdom, a kind of home-grown cereals within the meaning of that Act.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The crops referred to in subsection (1) above are—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-6-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>herbage seed, flax and any seed grown with a view to the production of oil from it;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-6-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>peas and beans grown for harvesting in a dried state;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-6-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>any crop (except grass) normally grown only for use in feeding livestock;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-6-2-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>
any other arable crop (except sugar, hops, potatoes or any horticultural produce within the meaning of section 8(1) of the
<noteRef href="#c91002" marker="M7" class="commentary M"/>
Horticulture Act 1960).
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>Before making an order under this section in respect of any crop the Ministers shall consult the Home-Grown Cereals Authority and such persons or organisations as appear to them to represent the interests concerned.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>
An order under this section may make such modifications of the
<noteRef href="#c91003" marker="M8" class="commentary M"/>
Cereals Marketing Act 1965 as the Ministers consider necessary or expedient in consequence of the provisions of the order.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>The power to make an order under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument and no such order shall be made unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>
In this section “
<term refersTo="#term-the-ministers">the Ministers</term>
” has the same meaning as in that Act.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-7">
<num>7</num>
<intro>
<p>In section 24 of that Act (interpretation)—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-6-7-a">
<num>a</num>
<intro>
<p>in subsection (2)—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-6-7-a-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>in the definition of “home-grown cereals” for the words “or rye” there shall be substituted the words “rye, maize or triticale”, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-6-7-a-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>
after the definition of “
<term refersTo="#term-related-product">related product</term>
” there shall be inserted—
</p>
<blockContainer class="BlockText">
<p>“’wheat’ includes durum wheat”; and</p>
</blockContainer>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-6-7-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>in subsection (3) for the words “and rye” there shall be substituted the words “rye, maize and triticale”.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-7" period="#period4">
<num>7</num>
<heading> Constitution and levy schemes of Meat and Livestock Commission</heading>
<subsection eId="section-7-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
In section 1(3) of the
<noteRef href="#c91004" marker="M9" class="commentary M"/>
Agriculture Act 1967 (maximum number of members of the Meat and Livestock Commission) for the word “ten” there shall be substituted the word “fifteen”.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>In section 13 of that Act (levy to meet the Commission’s expenses)—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-7-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>at the end of subsection (1) there shall be inserted the words “; and a levy scheme may make different provision in relation to charges to be imposed to meet expenses incurred by the Commission for different purposes”;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-7-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>after that subsection there shall be inserted—</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-1A">
<num>1A</num>
<intro>
<p>Before submitting a levy scheme under subsection (1) above the Commission may in such manner as they consider appropriate consult such persons as appear to them to represent the interests concerned”;</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-7-1A-c">
<num>c</num>
<intro>
<p>in subsection (4) (maximum charges)—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-7-1A-c-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>the word “and” at the end of paragraph (a) shall be omitted, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-7-1A-c-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>at the end of paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the words “and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-7-1A-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>may differ between the different classes or descriptions of persons chargeable”</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-7-1A-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>in subsection (6) (provision in levy schemes for persons on whom levy imposed to recover all or a specified part of sums paid by them from others) the words “all or a specified part of” shall be omitted; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-7-1A-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>after that subsection there shall be inserted—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="primary unknown main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<subsection eId="d4e859">
<num>6A</num>
<intro>
<p>Where a levy scheme makes such provision as is mentioned in subsection (6) above it shall—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d4e865">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>authorise the Commission from time to time to determine the proportion of the sums paid under the levy scheme which shall be recoverable;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d4e871">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>specify whether the Commission may determine that the whole of those sums shall be recoverable and, if not, the maximum proportion of them which they may determine shall be recoverable; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d4e877">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>specify whether the Commission may determine that none of those sums shall be recoverable and, if not, the minimum proportion of them which they may determine shall be recoverable.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-8" period="#period2">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c91005" marker="I1" class="commentary I"/>
8
</num>
<heading> Constitution and funding of Food from Britain</heading>
<subsection eId="section-8-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
The
<noteRef href="#c91006" marker="M10" class="commentary M"/>
Agricultural Marketing Act 1983 shall have effect subject to the following amendments (being amendments relating to the constitution and funding of Food from Britain).
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>In section 1(2) (Food from Britain to consist of no fewer than thirteen and no more than fifteen members) for the word “fifteen” there shall be substituted the words “twenty-one”.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>
In section 7 (grants
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
by Ministers)—
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-8-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>at the end of subsection (1) there shall be inserted the words “and such grants may be made subject to such conditions as the Ministers may with the approval of the Treasury impose”; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-8-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>at the end of subsection (2) there shall be inserted the words “and any such sums may be lent subject to such conditions as the Ministers may with the approval of the Treasury impose”.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>
For paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 (payment by Ministers of remuneration
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
to members of Food from Britain) there shall be substituted—
</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="unknown unknown schedule default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<paragraph eId="d4e940">
<num>5</num>
<heading/>
<intro>
<p>Food from Britain may—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d4e946">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>pay to its members such remuneration (whether by way of salary or fees) and such travelling or other allowances as it may determine;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d4e952">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>pay such pension, or make such payments towards the provision of a pension, to or in respect of any of its members as it may determine; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d4e958">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>if it appears to it that there are special circumstances which make it right that a person should receive compensation on ceasing to be a member, pay him such amount by way of compensation as it may determine.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</paragraph>
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</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>
In paragraph 6 of that Schedule (amount of remuneration
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
of members of committees of Food from Britain to be determined by Food from Britain with the approval of the Ministers and the Treasury) the words “with the approval of the Ministers and the Treasury” shall be omitted.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>
In paragraph 11(2) of that Schedule (amount of remuneration
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
of officers and servants of Food from Britain to be determined by Food from Britain with the approval of the Ministers and the Treasury) the words “with the approval of the Ministers and the consent of the Treasury”, in each place where they occur, and the words “with such approval” shall be omitted.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-9" period="#period2">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c91007" marker="C3" class="commentary C"/>
9
</num>
<heading> Abolition of Eggs Authority.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-9-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>On the appointed date the property, rights and liabilities of the Eggs Authority shall vest in the Ministers.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>
The accounting period of the Authority in which the day preceding the appointed date falls shall end with that day (if it would not otherwise have done so) and as soon as the Ministers are satisfied that the requirements of section 20 of the
<noteRef href="#c91008" marker="M11" class="commentary M"/>
Agriculture Act 1970 (reports and accounts) have been complied with in respect of that and previous accounting periods, they shall by order abolish the Authority; and any liabilities incurred by the Authority after the appointed date in complying with that section or otherwise shall become liabilities of the Ministers.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>Until an order is made under subsection (2) above abolishing the Authority they shall exercise their functions solely in accordance with directions given to them by the Ministers with a view to bringing the activities of the Authority to an end.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>If after the abolition of the Authority it appears to the Ministers that any property vested in them by virtue of this section is not required for the purpose of satisfying the liabilities vested in them by virtue of this section, the Ministers may dispose of that property for the benefit of persons engaged by way of business in the production, marketing or processing of eggs in such manner as the Ministers think appropriate.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-5">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c91009" marker="C4" class="commentary C"/>
5
</num>
<content>
<p>
In this section “
<term refersTo="#term-appointed-date">appointed date</term>
” means such date as the Ministers may by order specify for the purposes of subsection (1) above and any expressions used in this section which are defined in section 1 of the
<noteRef href="#c91010" marker="M12" class="commentary M"/>
Agriculture Act 1970 shall be construed in accordance with that section.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>The power to make an order under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-10" period="#period2">
<num>10</num>
<heading> Repeal of certain ministerial powers concerning eggs.</heading>
<content>
<p>Section 25 (power to regulate retail sales of eggs) and section 26 (assistance for certain transport of eggs by sea) of the Agriculture Act 1970 shall cease to have effect.</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-11">
<num>11</num>
<heading> Consolidation of agricultural marketing schemes.</heading>
<content>
<p>
After paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the
<noteRef href="#c91011" marker="M13" class="commentary M"/>
Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 (amendment and revocation of agricultural marketing schemes) there shall be inserted—
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<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>Where the Minister considers it appropriate to do so he may—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d4e1069">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>prepare a consolidation of any scheme as it has effect with amendments (“the amended scheme”); and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d4e1075">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>by order revoke the amended scheme and approve the consolidated scheme.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="d4e1081">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>An order made by virtue of this paragraph—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d4e1087">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>shall state that it is made only for the purposes of consolidation; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d4e1093">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>may contain such transitional and consequential provision as the Minister considers necessary or expedient.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
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</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-12" period="#period2">
<num>12</num>
<heading> Validation of Apple and Pear Development Council orders.</heading>
<content>
<p>
The
<noteRef href="#c91012" marker="M14" class="commentary M"/>
Apple and Pear Development Council Order 1980 and the
<noteRef href="#c91013" marker="M15" class="commentary M"/>
Apple and Pear Development Council (Amendment) Order 1980 shall be deemed to have been validly made notwithstanding that they were made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food acting alone rather than by that Minister and the Secretary of State acting jointly.
</p>
</content>
</section>
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<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="crossheading-compensation-to-tenants-for-milk-quotas" period="#period1">
<heading> Compensation to tenants for milk quotas</heading>
<section eId="section-13">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c91014" marker="C5" class="commentary C"/>
13
</num>
<heading> Compensation to outgoing tenants for milk quota.</heading>
<content>
<p>Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect in connection with the payment to certain agricultural tenants on the termination of their tenancies of compensation in respect of milk quota (within the meaning of that Schedule).</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-14" period="#period9">
<num>14</num>
<heading> Compensation to outgoing tenants for milk quota: Scotland.</heading>
<intro>
<p>Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect in connection with the payment to outgoing tenants who are—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-14-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
tenants of agricultural holdings within the meaning of
<ins class="d30p1043 first last">
<noteRef href="#c91018" marker="F3" class="commentary attribute F"/>
the 1991 Act
</ins>
;
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-14-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
landholders within the meaning of section 2 of the
<noteRef href="#c91019" marker="M16" class="commentary M"/>
Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911;
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-14-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>statutory small tenants within the meaning of section 32(1) of that Act;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-14-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>
crofters within the meaning of section 3(2) of the
<noteRef href="#c91020" marker="M17" class="commentary M"/>
Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955,
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>of compensation in respect of milk quotas.</p>
</wrapUp>
</section>
<section eId="section-15">
<num>15</num>
<heading> Rent arbitrations: milk quotas.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-15-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>
Where there is a reference under section 12 of the
<noteRef href="#c91021" marker="M18" class="commentary M"/>
Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (arbitration of rent) in respect of land which comprises or is part of a holding in relation to which quota is registered under the
<noteRef href="#c91022" marker="M19" class="commentary M"/>
Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1986 which was transferred to the tenant by virtue of a transaction the cost of which was borne wholly or partly by him, the arbitrator shall (subject to any agreement between the landlord and tenant to the contrary) disregard—
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-15-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>in a case where the land comprises the holding, any increase in the rental value of the land which is due to that quota (or, as the case may be, the corresponding part of that quota); or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-15-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>in a case where the land is part of the holding, any increase in that value which is due to so much of that quota (or part) as would fall to be apportioned to the land under those Regulations on a change of occupation of the land.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-15-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>In determining for the purposes of this section whether quota was transferred to a tenant by virtue of a transaction the cost of which was borne wholly or partly by him—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-15-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>any payment made by the tenant in consideration for the grant or assignment to him of the tenancy or any previous tenancy of any land comprised in the holding, shall be disregarded;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-15-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>any person who would be treated under paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 1 to this Act as having had quota transferred to him or having paid the whole or part of the cost of any transaction for the purposes of a claim under that Schedule shall be so treated for the purposes of this section; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-15-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>any person who would be so treated under paragraph 4 of that Schedule if a sub-tenancy to which his tenancy is subject had terminated, shall be so treated for the purposes of this section.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-15-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>In this section—</p>
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<term refersTo="#term-quota">quota</term>
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<term refersTo="#term-holding">holding</term>
” have the same meanings as in the
<noteRef href="#c91023" marker="M20" class="commentary M"/>
Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1986;
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<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-tenant">tenant</term>
” and “
<term refersTo="#term-tenancy">tenancy</term>
” have the same meanings as in the
<noteRef href="#c91024" marker="M21" class="commentary M"/>
Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.
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</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-15-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>Section 95 of that Act (Crown land) applies to this section as it applies to the provisions of that Act.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-16" period="#period7">
<num>16</num>
<heading> Rent arbitrations: milk quotas, Scotland.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-16-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>Paragraph 1 and the other provisions of Schedule 2 to this Act referred to therein shall have effect for the interpretation of this section, as they do in relation to that Schedule.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-16-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>This section applies where an arbiter or the Scottish Land Court is dealing with a reference under—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-16-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>section 6 of the 1886 Act;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-16-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>section 32(7) of the 1911 Act;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-16-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p1199 first last">
<noteRef href="#c91025" marker="F4" class="commentary attribute F"/>
section 13 of the 1991 Act
</ins>
; or
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-16-2-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>section 5(3) of the 1955 Act,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>(determination of rent) and the tenant has milk quota, including transferred quota by virtue of a transaction the cost of which was borne wholly or partly by him, registered as his in relation to a holding consisting of or including the tenancy.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-16-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>Where this section applies, the arbiter or, as the case may be, the Land Court shall disregard any increase in the rental value of the tenancy which is due to—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-16-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>where the tenancy comprises the holding, the proportion of the transferred quota which reflects the proportion of the cost of the transaction borne by the tenant;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-16-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>where such transferred quota affects part only of the tenancy, that proportion of so much of the transferred quota as would fall to be apportioned to the tenancy under the 1986 Regulations on a change of occupation of the tenancy.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-16-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>For the purposes of determining whether transferred quota has been acquired by virtue of a transaction the cost of which was borne wholly or partly by the tenant any payment by a tenant when he was granted a lease, or when a lease was assigned to him, shall be disregarded.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-16-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>Paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to this Act (in so far as it relates to transferred quota) shall apply in relation to the operation of this section as it applies in relation to the operation of that Schedule.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-16-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>This section shall apply where paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to this Act applies, and in any question between the original landlord and the head tenant, this section shall apply as if any transferred quota acquired by the sub-tenant by virtue of any transaction during the subsistence of the sub-lease had been acquired by the head tenant by virtue of that transaction.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-16-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p1252 first last">
<noteRef href="#c91026" marker="F5" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Section 79 of the 1991 Act
</ins>
(Crown land) shall have effect in relation to this section as it does in relation to that Act.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="crossheading-conservation" period="#period3">
<heading> Conservation</heading>
<section eId="section-17" period="#period12">
<num>17</num>
<heading>
Duty to balance interests in exercise of agricultural functions.
<noteRef href="#c91035" marker="C6" class="commentary C"/>
</heading>
<subsection eId="section-17-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>In discharging any functions connected with agriculture in relation to any land the Minister shall, so far as is consistent with the proper and efficient discharge of those functions, have regard to and endeavour to achieve a reasonable balance between the following considerations—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-17-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the promotion and maintenance of a stable and efficient agricultural industry;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-17-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the economic and social interests of rural areas;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-17-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the conservation and enhancement of the natural beauty and amenity of the countryside (including its flora and fauna and geological and physiographical features) and of any features of archaeological interest there; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-17-1-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>the promotion of the enjoyment of the countryside by the public.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-17-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>In this section—</p>
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<p>
<term refersTo="#term-agriculture">agriculture</term>
” has the same meaning as in the
<noteRef href="#c91036" marker="M22" class="commentary M"/>
Agriculture Act 1947 or, in Scotland, the
<noteRef href="#c91037" marker="M23" class="commentary M"/>
Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948; and
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-the-minister">the Minister</term>
” means—
</p>
<blockList class="ordered">
<item>
<num>a</num>
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in relation to land in England, the
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<noteRef href="#c143934" marker="F6" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Secretary of State
</ins>
<noteRef href="#c143934" marker="F6" class="commentary F"/>
; and
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<item>
<num>b</num>
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</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-18" period="#period13">
<num>18</num>
<heading> Designation and management of environmentally sensitive areas.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-18-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>If it appears to the Minister that it is particularly desirable—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-18-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>to conserve and enhance the natural beauty of an area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-18-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>to conserve the flora or fauna or geological or physiographical features of an area; or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-18-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>to protect buildings or other objects of archaeological, architectural or historic interest in an area,</p>
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</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>and that the maintenance or adoption of particular agricultural methods is likely to facilitate such conservation, enhancement or protection, he may, with the consent of the Treasury and after consulting the persons mentioned in subsection (2) below as to the inclusion of the area in the order and the features for which conservation, enhancement or protection is desirable, by order designate that area as an environmentally sensitive area.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-18-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The persons referred to in subsection (1) above are—</p>
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<paragraph eId="section-18-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
in the case of an area in England,
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... the
<ins class="d30p1385 first last">
<noteRef href="#c91127" marker="F8" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Countryside Agency
</ins>
and
<ins class="d30p1389 first last">
<noteRef href="#c91128" marker="F9" class="commentary attribute F"/>
English Nature
</ins>
;
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-18-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
in the case of an area in Wales, the
<ins class="d30p1399 first last">
<noteRef href="#c91129" marker="F10" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Countryside Council for Wales
</ins>
; and
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</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-18-2-c">
<num>
<ins class="d30p1403 first">
<noteRef href="#c91130" marker="F11" class="commentary F"/>
c
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p1403 last">in the case of an area in Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-18-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>If the Minister considers that any of the purposes mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (1) above is likely to be facilitated in a designated area by doing so, he may make an agreement with any person having an interest in agricultural land in, or partly in, the area by which that person agrees in consideration of payments to be made by the Minister to manage the land in accordance with the agreement.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-18-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>An order under this section designating an area may specify—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-18-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<intro>
<p>the requirements as to agricultural practices, methods and operations and the installation or use of equipment which must be included in agreements under subsection (3) above as respects land in the area;</p>
</intro>
<clause eId="section-18-4-a-aa">
<num>
<ins class="d30p1430 first">
<noteRef href="#c91131" marker="F12" class="commentary F"/>
aa
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p1430 last">the requirements as to public access which may be included in such agreements</ins>
</p>
</content>
</clause>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-18-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
the period or minimum period for which
<ins class="d30p1445 first last">
<noteRef href="#c91132" marker="F13" class="commentary attribute F"/>
requirements included in such agreements under paragraph (a) or paragraph (aa) above must be imposed
</ins>
;
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-18-4-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the provisions which must be included in such agreements concerning the breach of such requirements; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-18-4-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>the rates or maximum rates at which payments may be made by the Minister under such agreements and the matters in respect of which such payments may be made.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-18-4A">
<num>
<ins class="d30p1461 first">
<noteRef href="#c91133" marker="F14" class="commentary F"/>
4A
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d30p1461">
Where the Minister considers it necessary for the purposes of Article 10 or 20 of Commission Regulation
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/regulation/1996/0746">
(
<abbr class="Acronym" title="European Community">EC</abbr>
)
<abbr title="Number" xml:lang="">No.</abbr>
746/96
</ref>
(aid for agricultural production methods compatible with protection of the environment: combination of aids, and penalties), an agreement under subsection (3) may contain–
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-18-4A-a">
<num>
<ins class="d30p1461">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p1461">provision requiring the payment of penalties to the Minister in the case of breach of the agreement, and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-18-4A-b">
<num>
<ins class="d30p1461">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p1461 last">provision for payments by the Minister to be withheld in specified circumstances.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-18-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section, an agreement under subsection (3) above may contain such provisions as the Minister thinks fit and, in particular, such provisions as he considers are likely to facilitate such conservation, enhancement or protection as is mentioned in subsection (1) above.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-18-6">
<num>6</num>
<intro>
<p>The Minister shall not make an agreement with any person under subsection (3) above in respect of any land unless that person has certified to the Minister—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-18-6-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>that no person other than he is the owner of the land; or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-18-6-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>that he has notified any other person who is an owner of the land of his intention to make an agreement under subsection (3) above in respect of the land;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>
and in this subsection references to the owner of the land are to the estate owner in respect of the fee simple in the land or, in Scotland,
<ins class="d30p1508 first last">
<noteRef href="#c91134" marker="F15" class="commentary attribute F"/>
the owner of the dominium utile
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.
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<subsection eId="section-18-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>The provisions of an agreement under subsection (3) above with any person interested in any land in England or Wales shall, unless the agreement otherwise provides, be binding on persons deriving title under or from that person and be enforceable by the Minister against those persons accordingly.</p>
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</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-18-8">
<num>8</num>
<content>
<p>Where agreements have been made under subsection (3) above with persons having an interest in land in a designated area the Minister shall arrange for the effect on the area as a whole of the performance of the agreements to be kept under review and shall from time to time publish such information as he considers appropriate about those effects.</p>
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<subsection eId="section-18-9">
<num>9</num>
<content>
<p>
Schedule 2 to the
<noteRef href="#c91135" marker="M24" class="commentary M"/>
Forestry Act 1967 (power for tenant for life and others to enter into forestry dedication covenants, or, in Scotland, forestry dedication agreements) shall apply to agreements under subsection (3) above as it applies to forestry dedication covenants or, as the case may be, forestry dedication agreements.
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<subsection eId="section-18-10">
<num>10</num>
<content>
<p>This section applies to land an interest in which belongs to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or to the Duchy of Lancaster, the Duchy of Cornwall or a Government department or which is held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a Government department, but no agreement under subsection (3) above shall be made as respects land to which this subsection applies without the consent of the appropriate authority.</p>
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<num>11</num>
<content>
<p>In this section—</p>
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Agriculture Act 1947 or, in Scotland, the
<noteRef href="#c91137" marker="M26" class="commentary M"/>
Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948;
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<term refersTo="#term-the-appropriate-authority">the appropriate authority</term>
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Countryside Act 1949;
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in relation to an area in England, the
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Secretary of State
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<subsection eId="section-18-12">
<num>12</num>
<content>
<p>The power to make an order under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument and any statutory instrument containing such an order shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.</p>
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<num>13</num>
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An Order in Council under paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the
<noteRef href="#c91139" marker="M28" class="commentary M"/>
Northern Ireland Act 1974 (legislation for Northern Ireland in the interim period) which states that it is made only for purposes corresponding to those of this section—
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<content>
<p>shall not be subject to paragraph 1(4) and (5) of that Schedule (affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament); but</p>
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<p>shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House.</p>
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<num>19</num>
<heading> Supplementary provisions regarding agreements under s.18(3) in Scotland.</heading>
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<num>1</num>
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<p>Where a person having an interest of a kind described in section 18(3) above in land in Scotland, being an interest which enables him to bind the land, enters into an agreement under that subsection—</p>
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<p>where the land is registered in the Land Register of Scotland, the agreement may be registered in that Register;</p>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-19-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>in any other case the agreement may be recorded in the appropriate Division of the General Register of Sasines.</p>
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</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-19-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>An agreement registered or recorded under subsection (1) above shall be enforceable at the instance of the Secretary of State against persons deriving title to the land (including any person acquiring right to a tenancy by assignation or succession) from the person who entered into the agreement; provided that such an agreement shall not be enforceable against a third party who shall have in good faith and for value acquired right (whether completed by infeftment or not) to the land prior to the agreement being registered or recorded as aforesaid, or against any person deriving title from such third party.</p>
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</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-19-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>Notwithstanding the terms of any agreement registered or recorded under subsection (1) above, the parties to the agreement or any persons deriving title from them may at any time agree to terminate it; and such an agreement to terminate it shall be registered or recorded in the same manner as was the original agreement.</p>
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<num>4</num>
<content>
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A grazings committee appointed under section 24 of
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the 1955 Act
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may, with the consent of a majority of the crofters ordinarily resident in the township, enter into an agreement under section 18(3) above in relation to any part of the common grazings and may agree to the revocation or variation of any such agreement, and such agreement, revocation or variation shall be binding upon all their successors.
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</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-19-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>In the case of an agreement of a kind referred to in subsection (4) above, the payments by the Secretary of State shall be made to the grazings committee and shall be applied by them either—</p>
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<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>by division among the crofters who share in the common grazings in proportion to their respective rights therein; or</p>
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<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>subject to subsection (6) below, in carrying out works for the improvement of the common grazings or the fixed equipment required in connection therewith.</p>
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<subsection eId="section-19-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>A grazings committee to whom such a payment as is referred to in subsection (5) above has been made and who are proposing to apply the payment in carrying out works in accordance with paragraph (b) of that subsection shall give notice in writing to each crofter sharing in the common grazings of their proposals: and any such crofter may within one month of the date of such notice make representations in respect of the proposals to the Crofters Commission who may approve them with or without modifications or reject them.</p>
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</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-19-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>
“Crofter” and other expressions used in any of subsections (4) to (6) above and in section 3 of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 have the same meaning in this section as they have in that section as read with section 15(6) of the
<noteRef href="#c91143" marker="M29" class="commentary M"/>
Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961.
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</section>
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<num>20</num>
<heading>
<abbr class="Acronym" title="European Economic Community">EEC</abbr>
farm grants relating to areas of special scientific interest or National Parks
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
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<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
The provisions of this section shall have effect for the purpose of amending certain provisions of the
<noteRef href="#c91144" marker="M30" class="commentary M"/>
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 which apply to grants under schemes made under section 29 of the
<noteRef href="#c91145" marker="M31" class="commentary M"/>
Agriculture Act 1970 so as to apply them to certain agricultural grants under regulations made under section 2(2) of the
<noteRef href="#c91146" marker="M32" class="commentary M"/>
European Communities Act 1972.
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</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-20-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>In subsection (1) of section 32 of the said Act of 1981 (duties of agriculture Ministers to exercise functions so as to further conservation where applications are made to them for grants under such schemes with respect to areas of special scientific interest)—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-20-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>for the words “a grant under a scheme made under section 29 of the Agriculture Act 1970 (farm capital grants)” there shall be substituted the words “a farm capital grant”; and</p>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-20-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>in paragraph (a) for the words “the scheme and section 29 of the said Act of 1970” there shall be substituted the words “the grant provisions”.</p>
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</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-20-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>For subsection (3) of that section (definition of “the appropriate Minister”) there shall be substituted—</p>
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<term refersTo="#term-farm-capital-grant">farm capital grant</term>
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<subsection eId="section-20-4">
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<p>In subsection (3) of section 41 of the said Act of 1981 (which makes similar provision in relation to land which is in a National Park or an area specified for the purposes of that subsection)—</p>
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<p>in paragraph (a) for the words “the scheme and the said section 29” there shall be substituted the words “the grant provisions”.</p>
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For the definition of “
<term refersTo="#term-farm-capital-grant">farm capital grant</term>
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<section eId="section-21">
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<heading>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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<heading> Farm grants</heading>
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<num>22</num>
<heading>
<noteRef href="#c520361" marker="F19" class="commentary F"/>
Farm capital grants: ancillary businesses
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
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<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
In section 28 of the
<noteRef href="#c91149" marker="M33" class="commentary M"/>
Agriculture Act 1970 (interpretation of provisions relating to capital and other grants) at the end of the definition of “agricultural business” there shall be inserted the words “and includes any other business, of a kind for the time being specified by an order made by the appropriate authority, which is carried on by a person also carrying on a business consisting in or partly in the pursuit of agriculture and is carried on on the same or adjacent land”.
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<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>The existing provisions of that section shall become subsection (1) of that section and after that subsection there shall be inserted—</p>
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<content>
<p>An order under subsection (1) above shall be made by statutory instrument and any statutory instrument containing such an order shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.</p>
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<heading> Supplemental</heading>
<section eId="section-23">
<num>23</num>
<heading> Financial provisions.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-23-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—</p>
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<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>any expenses incurred by a Minister by virtue of this Act; and</p>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-23-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other Act.</p>
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</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-23-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>Any sums received by a Minister under this Act shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.</p>
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</section>
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<noteRef href="#c91151" marker="F20" class="commentary F"/>
23A
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24
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<heading> Short title, commencement, consequential amendments, repeals and extent.</heading>
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<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>This Act may be cited as the Agriculture Act 1986.</p>
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<num>
<noteRef href="#c91155" marker="P2" class="commentary P"/>
<noteRef href="#c91156" marker="P3" class="commentary P"/>
2
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<content>
<p>
Sections 8, 10, 13 to 16 above and the repeals consequential on sections 8 to 10 above shall come into force on such date as the Ministers acting jointly may by order made by statutory instrument appoint and the remaining provisions of this Act (except for sections 12 and 18(13)) shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed; and in this subsection “
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” means the Ministers responsible for agriculture in the parts of the United Kingdom to which the provision in question extends.
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<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>An order under subsection (2) above may appoint different dates for the coming into force of different provisions.</p>
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</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-24-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>The provisions mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified (being amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act).</p>
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<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>The enactments mentioned in Schedule 4 to this Act (which include some spent provisions) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.</p>
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<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>Sections 1, 13, 15, 18(7) and 21 above and Schedule 1 to this Act do not extend to Scotland.</p>
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<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>The provisions of this Act do not extend to Northern Ireland except for sections 4 to 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18(13) and 22, this section and the provisions of Schedules 3 and 4 which affect enactments extending there.</p>
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