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An Act for establishing a Board of Agriculture for Great Britain.
[12th August 1889]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Functions of Board of Agriculture now exercisable by Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1903 (c. 31), s. 1(1), Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1919 (c. 91), s. 1 and S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200), art. 3(1)
Act: the function exercisable by the Secretary of State by the 1978 transfer order transferred to the National Assembly for Wales (16.2.2000) by S.I. 2000/253, arts. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1
Textual Amendments
(1)There shall be transferred to the Board of Agriculture—
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(b)the powers and duties of the Land Commissioners for England under the Acts mentioned in Part Two of the First Schedule to this Act or under any other Act, whether general, local and personal, or private; . . . F3
(c) . . . F3
(2)The Board of Agriculture shall also undertake the collection and preparation of statistics relating to agriculture, [F4the industry of fishing] . . . F5. and may also undertake the inspection of, and reporting on, any schools which are not public elementary schools, and in which technical instruction, practical or scientific, is given in any matter connected with agriculture [F4the industry of fishing] . . . . . . F5, and the aiding of any school which admits such inspection, and in the judgment of the Board is qualified to receive such aid and the aiding of any system of lectures or instruction connected with agriculture [F4the industry of fishing] . . . . . . F5, and the inspection of and reporting on any examinations in agriculture [F4the industry of fishing] . . . . . . F5
(3)The Board of Agriculture may also make or aid in making such inquiries, experiments, and research, and collect or aid in collecting such information as they may think important for the purpose of promoting agriculture [F4the industry of fishing] . . . . . . F5
Textual Amendments
F2S. 2(1)(a) repealed by Plant Health Act 1967 (c. 8), Sch.
F3S. 2(1)(c) and the preceding “and” repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II
F4Words added by Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1903 (c. 31), s. 1(3)
F5Words repealed by Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10), Sch. 7 Pt. I
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2Functions of Board of Agriculture under s. 2(3) now exercisable by Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food concurrently with Secretary of State: Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1903 (c. 31), s. 1(1), Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1919 (c. 19), s. 1, S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200), art. 3(1) and S.I. 1978/272 art. 8(a)
Textual Amendments
F6S. 3 repealed by Diseases of Animals Act 1894 (c. 57), s. 78
It shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen in Council from time to time by order to transfer to the Board of Agriculture such powers and duties of any Government Department as are conferred by or in pursuance of any statute, and appear to Her Majesty to relate to agriculture [F7the industry of fishing] . . . F8, and to be of an administrative character:
Provided that before any such order is made, the draft thereof shall be laid before each House of Parliament for not less than thirty days on which such House is sitting and if either of such Houses before the expiration of such thirty days presents an address to Her Majesty against the draft or any part thereof, no further proceedings shall be taken thereon, without prejudice to the making of any new draft order.
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Textual Amendments
F7Words added by Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1903 (c. 31), s. 1(3)
F8Words repealed by Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10), Sch. 7 Pt. I
F9Proviso repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1963 (c. 30)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3S. 4 amended by Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1903 (c. 31), s. 2
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(3)All expenses incurred by the Board of Agriculture in the execution of their duties under this Act, to such amount as may be sanctioned by the Treasury, shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament.
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F10S. 5(1)(2) repealed (27.3.2002) by S.I. 2002/794, art. 5(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 6)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4S. 5 extended by Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22, SIF 4:4), s. 95(5)
C5S. 5 amended by Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1909 (c. 15), s. 1(1)
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F11S. 6 repealed (27.3.2002) by S.I. 2002/794, art.5(2), Sch. 2 (with savings in arts 5(4)-(6), 6)
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F12S. 7 repealed (27.3.2002) by S.I. 2002/794, art. 5(2), Sch. 2 (with savings in arts. 5(4)-(6), 6)
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F14S. 9 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II
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F15S. 10 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
(1)In the construction and for the purposes of any Act of Parliament, judgment, decree, order, award, deed, contract, or other document passed, or made before the establishment of the Board of Agriculture, but so far only as may be necessary for the exercise of the powers or the discharge of the duties by this Act, or any Order in Council made in pursuance thereof, transferred to that Board, the name of that Board shall be substituted for the Privy Council, Land Commissioners for England, Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales, Copyhold Commissioners, Tithe Commissioners for England and Wales, or other Commissioners or Government department, as the case may require, and anything authorised or required to be done by, to, or before an Assistant Commissioner of any of the above-named Commissioners may be lawfully done by any officer of the Board of Agriculture for the time being assigned for that purpose.
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(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16
Textual Amendments
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C6S. 11 extended by Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1903 (c. 31), s. 1(4)
In this Act—
The expression “agriculture” includes horticulture.
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Textual Amendments
F17Definition of “Treasury” and “Privy Council” repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
Textual Amendments
F18S. 13 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II
This Act may be cited as the Board of Agriculture Act 1889.
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F19Sch. 1 Pt. I repealed by Plant Health Act 1967 (c. 8), Sch.
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F20Headings “Tithe Rentcharge Acts” and “Copyhold Acts” and the entries under those headings repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XI
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F21Sch. 1 Pt. II repealed (5.11.1993) (except the entries for the Improvement of Land Act 1864, the Lands Improvement Company's Act 1853 and the Somersetshire Drainage Act 1877) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.II
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F22Sch. 1 Pt. II repealed (5.11.1993) (except the entries for the Improvement of Land Act 1864, the Lands Improvement Company's Act 1853 and the Somersetshire Drainage Act 1877) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.II
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27 & 28 Vict. c. 114. | The Improvement of Land Act 1864. |
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F23Entries repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1963 (c. 30)
F24Sch. 1 Pt. II repealed (5.11.1993) (except the entries for the Improvement of Land Act 1864, the Lands Improvement Company's Act 1853 and the Somersetshire Drainage Act 1877) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.II
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16 & 17 Vict. c. cliv. | The Lands Improvement Company’s Act 1853. |
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40 & 41 Vict. c. xxxvi. | The Somersetshire Drainage Act 1877. |
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Textual Amendments
F25Entries repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1963 (c. 30) and Statute Law Revision Act 1964 (c. 79)
F26Sch. 1 Pt. II repealed (5.11.1993) (except the entries for the Improvement of Land Act 1864, the Lands Improvement Company's Act 1853 and the Somersetshire Drainage Act 1877) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.II
F27Entry repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1964 (c. 79)
F28Entry repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. II
F29Entries repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II
F30Entries repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1964 (c. 79) and Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), Sch. 1 Pt. XVII
F31Entries repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1963 (c. 30)
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Textual Amendments
F33Sch. 2 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
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