Agriculture Act 1967
Agriculture Act 1967 (1967 c. 22)
- Agriculture Act 1967 (1967 c. 22)
- Part I Livestock and Meat Marketing
- The Meat and Livestock Commission
- 1 The Meat and Livestock Commission.
- 1A Commission’s duty to consult representative organisations.
- 2 The Consumers Committee, and other committees of the Commission.
- 3 Commission’s duties in connection with fatstock guaranteed prices and calf subsidies.
- 4 Commission’s functions in connection with Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Acts.
- 5 Systems for classification of carcases.
- 6 Compulsory use of systems of classification of carcases.
- 7 Systems of classifying meat, and codes of practice for butchers.
- 8 Information as to retail meat prices.
- 9 Powers to meet future developments in livestock and livestock products industries.
- 10—11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Financial
- 13 Levy on industries to meet Commission’s expenses.
- 14 Levy: registration, returns and records.
- 15 Ministers’ contributions to Commission’s expenses.
- 16 Payments for scientific research.
- 17 Collection of statutory levies by Commission.
- 18 Commission’s reserve fund.
- 19 Commission’s annual report and accounts.
- Supplemental
- 20 Directions to Commission by Ministers.
- 21 Inquiries by Commission.
- 22 Dissolution of Pig Industry Development Authority.
- 23 Power of entry.
- 24 Disclosure of information.
- 25 Interpretation of Part I.
- PART II FARM STRUCTURE AND FARM IMPROVEMENTS, AND PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT
- Farm Structure
- 26 Grants for amalgamations and boundary adjustments.
- 27 Grants for individuals relinquishing occupation of uncommercial units.
- 28 Loans to assist amalgamations and boundary adjustments.
- 29 Promotion of amalgamations and boundary adjustments by Minister.
- 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Promotion of agricultural investment
- 31, 32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 33 Supplements to improvement and water supply grants.
- 34 Power to vary rates, and extend scope, of grants for agricultural investment.
- Supplemental
- 35 General provisions for schemes under Part II.
- 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 37 Recovery of grant and revocation of approval.
- 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 39 Provisions relating to Northern Ireland.
- 40 Interpretation of Part II.
- Part III Hill Land
- General
- 41, 42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Special measures for certain areas
- 45 Rural Development Boards.
- 46 Functions of Rural Development Boards.
- 47 Boards’ powers of giving financial assistance.
- 48 Promotion of amalgamations and boundary adjustments by Rural Development Boards.
- 48 Promotion of amalgamations and boundary adjustments by Rural Development Boards.
- 49 Control of sale of certain land.
- 50 Control of sale of certain land: exceptions and supplemental provisions.
- 51 Schemes for co-ordinated amalgamations and reshaping of agricultural units.
- 52 Control of afforestation.
- 53 Boards’ annual reports and accounts.
- 54 Directions to Boards by appropriate Minister.
- 55 Powers of entry and of obtaining information.
- 56 Application of Part III to Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
- Supplemental
- 57 Interpretation of Part III.
- 58 The Central Council for Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operation.
- 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 60 Directions to Council by Ministers.
- 61 Grants for purposes connected with co-operative activities.
- 62 Supplemental.
- 63 Financial assistance for certain bodies making agricultural loans
- 64 Grants towards fulfilling guarantees of bank loans to agriculture or horticulture businesses.
- 65 Grants for keeping farm business records.
- 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 67 Sick pay for agricultural workers.
- 68 Application of capital money in payment of improvement rentcharges.
- 69 False statements to obtain grants, etc.
- 70 Guaranteed prices: minor amendments as respects powers of entry and offences.
- 71 Offences by bodies corporate.
- 72 Application to Northern Ireland.
- 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 74 Expenses and receipts of Ministers.
- 75 Short title, interpretation, repeals and commencement.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 The Meat and Livestock Commission
- Part I Functions
- Part IIA Classes of Persons for Purposes of Section 1A
- Part III The Commission’s Committees
- The Consumers Committee
- Payment of members of committees
- Procedure
- SCHEDULE 2 Supplementary provisions with respect to Development Schemes
- Procedure for making development schemes
- Confirmation of development scheme by order
- Coming into force of development scheme
- Proceedings questioning validity of a development scheme
- Ministers’ powers to revoke or direct variation of a development scheme
- SCHEDULE 3 Conditions applying to Amalgamated Agricultural Units
- Duration of conditions, and incorporation in leases, tenancies, etc.
- Registration of conditions
- Condition restricting transfers without Minister’s consent
- Condition restricting non-agricultural use without Minister’s consent
- Condition requiring giving of information
- Powers of Minister on giving consent
- Breach of condition
- Supplementary
- SCHEDULE 5 Rural Development Boards
- Part I Procedure for Establishing a Board
- Order establishing a Board
- Procedure for making order
- Orders varying Board’s area or dissolving a Board
- Supplemental
- Part II Constitution and Procedure of Boards
- SCHEDULE 6 . . .
- SCHEDULE 7 Repeals
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