UK Act of Parliament 1947 United Kingdom

Agriculture Act 1947

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Schedules

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s.schedule eleventh para.1

Notwithstanding anything in subsection (3) of section eighty-six of this...

s.schedule eleventh para.2

(1) Paragraph (a) of the said subsection (3) shall not...

s.schedule ninth para.13

(1) The Lord Chancellor shall appoint a chairman for the...

s.schedule ninth para.14

[ (1)]The Lord Chancellor shall draw up for the Agricultural...

s.schedule ninth para.15

(1) The Lord Chancellor shall draw up for the Agricultural...

s.schedule ninth para.15a

(1) A member of the First-tier Tribunal may, at the...

s.schedule ninth para.16

(1) Subject to paragraph 15A, for each hearing by the...

s.schedule ninth para.16.

Constitution of Commission, Sub-Commission, Committees and Tribunals

s.schedule ninth para.16a

(1) If the chairman of the Agricultural Land Tribunal is...

s.schedule ninth para.17

(1) The Lord Chancellor may by order direct that the...

s.schedule ninth para.18

Constitution of Commission, Sub-Commission, Committees and Tribunals

s.schedule ninth para.19

Constitution of Commission, Sub-Commission, Committees and Tribunals

s.schedule ninth para.20

(1) Any body mentioned in the last foregoing paragraph shall...

s.schedule ninth para.21

Constitution of Commission, Sub-Commission, Committees and Tribunals

s.schedule ninth para.22

Constitution of Commission, Sub-Commission, Committees and Tribunals

s.schedule ninth para.23

(1) The Minister may pay to members of . ....

s.schedule ninth para.24

Any document purporting to be a document duly executed or...

s.schedule ninth para.712.

Constitution of Commission, Sub-Commission, Committees and Tribunals

s.schedule second para.1

Where the Minister gives to a person a direction under...

s.schedule second para.2

Where, in the case of an occupier who is a...

s.schedule second para.3

(1) Notwithstanding anything in the provisions of the Agricultural Holdings...

s.schedule second para.4

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s.schedule second para.5

Where the ploughing-up of permanent pasture or the carrying out...

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Rural Payments Agency

Executive agency of Defra. Administers agricultural subsidy schemes including the Basic Payment Scheme, Environmental Land Management schemes, and farming grants. Conducts inspections …

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