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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Agriculture Act 1967 (c.22)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

There are effects on this legislation that have not yet been applied to SLD for the following years: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009. See the Tables of Legislative effects and the Update status of legislation page on the SLD website.

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Agriculture Act 1967

1967 CHAPTER 22

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Livestock and Meat Marketing

    1. The Meat and Livestock Commission

      1. 1. The Meat and Livestock Commission

      2. 1A. Commission’s duty to consult representative organisations

      3. 2. The Consumers Committee, and other committees of the Commission

      4. 3. Commission’s duties in connection with fatstock guaranteed prices and calf subsidies

      5. 4. Commission’s functions in connection with Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Acts

      6. 5. Systems for classification of carcases

      7. 6. Compulsory use of systems of classification of carcases

      8. 7. Systems of classifying meat, and codes of practice for butchers

      9. 8. Information as to retail meat prices

      10. 9. Powers to meet future developments in livestock and livestock products industries

      1. 10—11... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      1. 12.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. Financial

      1. 13. Levy on industries to meet Commission’s expenses

      2. 14. Levy: registration, returns and records

      3. 15. Ministers’ contributions to Commission’s expenses

      4. 16. Payments for scientific research

      5. 17. Collection of statutory levies by Commission

      6. 18. Commission’s reserve fund

      7. 19. Commission’s annual report and accounts

    5. Supplemental

      1. 20. Directions to Commission by Ministers

      2. 21. Inquiries by Commission

      3. 22. Dissolution of Pig Industry Development Authority

      4. 23. Power of entry

      5. 24. Disclosure of information

      6. 25. Interpretation of Part I

  2. PART II

    FARM STRUCTURE AND FARM IMPROVEMENTS, AND PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT

    1. Farm Structure

      1. 26. Grants for amalgamations and boundary adjustments

      2. 27. Grants for individuals relinquishing occupation of uncommercial units

      3. 28. Loans to assist amalgamations and boundary adjustments

      4. 29. Promotion of amalgamations and boundary adjustments by Minister

      5. 30.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. Promotion of agricultural investment

      1. 31, 32... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 33. Supplements to improvement and water supply grants

      3. 34. Power to vary rates, and extend scope, of grants for agricultural investment

    3. Supplemental

      1. 35. General provisions for schemes under Part II

      2. 36.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 37. Recovery of grant and revocation of approval

      4. 38.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      5. 39. Provisions relating to Northern Ireland

      6. 40. Interpretation of Part II

  3. Part III

    Hill Land

    1. General

      1. 41, 42... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 43.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 44.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. Special measures for certain areas

      1. 45. Rural Development Boards

      2. 46. Functions of Rural Development Boards

      3. 47. Boards’ powers of giving financial assistance

      4. 48. Promotion of amalgamations and boundary adjustments by Rural Development Boards (E+W)

      5. 48. Promotion of amalgamations and boundary adjustments by Rural Development Boards (S)

      6. 49. Control of sale of certain land

      7. 50. Control of sale of certain land: exceptions and supplemental provisions

      8. 51. Schemes for co-ordinated amalgamations and reshaping of agricultural units

      9. 52. Control of afforestation

      10. 53. Boards’ annual reports and accounts

      11. 54. Directions to Boards by appropriate Minister

      12. 55. Powers of entry and of obtaining information

      13. 56. Application of Part III to Highlands and Islands of Scotland

    3. Supplemental

      1. 57. Interpretation of Part III

  4. Part IV Co-operative Activities

    1. 58. The Central Council for Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operation

    2. 59.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 60. Directions to Council by Ministers

    4. 61. Grants for purposes connected with co-operative activities

    5. 62. Supplemental

  5. Part V Miscellaneous

    1. 63. Financial assistance for certain bodies making agricultural loans

    2. 64. Grants towards fulfilling guarantees of bank loans to agriculture or horticulture businesses

    3. 65. Grants for keeping farm business records

    4. 66.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 67. Sick pay for agricultural workers

    6. 68. Application of capital money in payment of improvement rentcharges

    7. 69. False statements to obtain grants, etc

    8. 70. Guaranteed prices: minor amendments as respects powers of entry and offences

  6. Part VI Supplemental and General

    1. 71. Offences by bodies corporate

    2. 72. Application to Northern Ireland

    3. 73.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 74. Expenses and receipts of Ministers

    5. 75. Short title, interpretation, repeals and commencement

  7. SCHEDULE 1

    The Meat and Livestock Commission

  8. SCHEDULE 2

    Supplementary provisions with respect to Development Schemes

  9. SCHEDULE 3

    Conditions applying to Amalgamated Agricultural Units

  10. SCHEDULE 4

  11. SCHEDULE 5

    Rural Development Boards

  12. SCHEDULE 6

    . .

  13. SCHEDULE 7

    Repeals

An Act to establish a Meat and Livestock Commission and make other provision for the livestock and livestock products industries, to amend the Agriculture (Calf Subsidies) Act 1952 and make new provision with respect to the supervision and enforcement of schemes under that Act, to authorise the payment of subsidies in respect of cows maintained for the purpose of breeding calves for beef, to authorise grants for improvements of agricultural land and in respect of expenditure on equipment, plant and machinery for use in agriculture, and on certain vehicles, and supplementary grants in respect of certain expenditure, and to make provision with respect to the shape and size of farms and related matters, agriculture and forestry on hill land, co-operative activities in agriculture, diseases of animals and other matters connected with agriculture.

[10th May 1967]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Certain functions of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under this Act now exercisable (W.) by Secretary of State or Minister and Secretary of State jointly: S.I. 1969/388, art. 3, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1(j)(k), Pt. II para. 5(k)(q)(z) and 1978/272, art. 2, Sch. 1

C2Act amended (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/593, reg. 2, Sch. 1

C3Act: Functions of a Minister of the Crown transferred to the National Assembly for Wales (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

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