Hill Farming Act 1946

1946 CHAPTER 73 9 and 10 Geo 6

An Act to make provision for promoting the rehabilitation of hill farming land; for the payment of subsidies in respect of hill sheep and hill cattle; for controlling the keeping of rams and ram lambs; for regulating the burning of heather and grass; for amending the law as to the valuation of sheep stocks in Scotland; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

[6th November 1946]

Extent Information

E1 For the extent of this act in relation to Northern Ireland see s. 40.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Act amended with the substitution for references to hill farming land and hill farming purposes of references to livestock rearing land and livestock rearing purposes and for references to hill farming land improvement schemes of references to livestock rearing land improvement schemes by Livestock Rearing Act 1951 (c. 18), ss. 1(2)(b)

C2 Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

C3 Certain functions of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food transferred by S.I. 1978/272, art. 2