| Guvnor

Enforced by: RPA
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Prosecution 1 of 12 obligations carry a fine up to £500. 1 carries different penalties and 10 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person4

Plus 8 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Any Person — also bound by 2684 other Acts

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 184 duties

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 144 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 104 duties

Communications Act 2003 92 duties

Road Traffic Act 1988 92 duties

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1

Guaranteed Prices and Assured Markets

1 of 4 sections shown

s.002 † Annual and special reviews of condition of agricultural industry. Regulated

Other duties (2) — Crown / regulator

Ministers must review agricultural industry condition annually and consult producersCrown / Minister / Government department
Ministers must conduct an annual review of the agricultural industryCrown / Minister / Government department

3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.001 Provisions for securing efficient agricultural production and proper agricultural conditions.

s.008 Interpretation of Part I.

s.037 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part 2

Good Estate Management and Good Husbandry

0 of 4 sections shown

4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.010 Good estate management.

s.011 Good husbandry.

s.021 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part 4

Smallholdings

0 of 5 sections shown

5 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.053 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.058 Contributions by Minister to losses incurred by smallholdings authorities.

s.059 Winding-up of Small Holdings and Allotments Account.

s.060 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.067 Application and repeal of provisions of Small Holdings and Allotments Acts, 1908 to 1931.

Part 5

Administrative and General

8 of 40 sections shown

s.074 Proceedings before Agricultural Land Tribunal on reference of Minister’s proposals. Regulated

Other duties (2) — Crown / regulator

Agricultural Land Tribunal must decide referred Minister's proposalsTribunal / Court
Tribunal must determine whether the Minister's proposed actions are justifiedTribunal / Court

s.100 Supplementary provisions relating to sections ninety-eight and ninety-nine. Prosecution

Fail to comply with pest control or captive animal requirementsAny Person
Fail to comply with pest or animal control requirementAny Person

Fine up to £500 · amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.104 Provisions as to representations. Regulated

Other duties (2) — Crown / regulator

Minister must allow representations before taking action under the ActCrown / Minister / Government department
Minister must follow representation procedure before taking certain actionsCrown / Minister / Government department

s.105 Expenses and receipts. Regulated

Other duties (2) — Crown / regulator

Minister must fund expenses and pay receipts into the ExchequerCrown / Minister / Government department
Ministers must use Parliamentary funds for expenses and pay receipts into ExchequerCrown / Minister / Government department

s.106 Provisions as to entry and inspection. Prosecution

Obstruct an inspector from entering or inspecting landAny Person
Obstruct authorised person carrying out land inspectionAny Person

Fine up to £50 · amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.107 Services of notices.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.108 Regulations and orders.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.109 Interpretation.

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

32 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.070 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.073 Establishment, constitution and procedure of Agricultural Land Tribunal .

s.075 Provisions where some land is in Wales and some is in England and transfer of proceedings

s.076 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.077 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.078 Power to obtain agricultural statistics.

s.079 Information as to dealings in land used for agriculture.

s.080 Restriction on disclosure of information.

s.081 Penalties.

s.082 Powers of Minister to acquire land by agreement.

s.083 Acquisition by Minister of land for research, experiment and demonstration.

s.084 Acquisition of land by Minister to ensure full and efficient use thereof.

s.085 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.086 Control of subdivision of agricultural units.

s.087 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.088 Transfer to Minister of land vested in other Government departments.

s.089 Transfer of land from Land Settlement Associations to Minister.

s.090 Powers of management, etc. , of land acquired by Minister.

s.091 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.092 Procedure for compulsory purchase of land.

s.093 Compulsory hiring of land.

s.094 Limitation of period of compulsory hiring.

s.095 Special directions to secure production.

s.096 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.097 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.098 Prevention of damage by pests.

s.099 Prevention of escape of captive animals.

s.101 Provision by Minister of equipment and services for pest control.

s.102 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.103 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.111 †Short title, commencement and extent.

Schedules

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23 other schedules

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 . . . . . . . . . ....

s.schedule second para.5 Where the ploughing-up of permanent pasture or the carrying out...

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Agriculture Act 1947

Does it bind you?

Other Acts binding the same actors

What it requires

Guaranteed Prices and Assured Markets

Good Estate Management and Good Husbandry

Smallholdings

Administrative and General

Schedules