(1)This Act may be cited as the Agriculture Act 1986.
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(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(5)The enactments mentioned in Schedule 4 to this Act (which include some spent provisions) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.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) F2... 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, F3... F4... 11, 18(13) and 22, this section and the provisions of Schedules 3 and 4 which affect enactments extending there.
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 24: power of appointment conferred by s. 24 partly exercised: S.I. 1986/1484, 1485, 1596, 2301
P2S. 24(2): s. 24(2) power exercised by S.I. 1991/2635
P3S. 24(2) power partly exercised (19.3.1998): 1.4.1998 appointed for specified provision by S.I. 1998/879.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 24(2)(3) repealed (18.7.2014) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Food from Britain) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1924), art. 1(3), Sch.
F2Words in s. 24(6) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 Group 1
F3Word in s. 24(7) repealed (18.7.2014) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Food from Britain) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1924), art. 1(3), Sch.
F4Words in s. 24(7) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 Group 1
Commencement Information
I1S. 24 in force in accordance with (2); s. 24(5) partly in force 21.11.1991, see S.I. 1991/2635