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Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Imprisonment 1 of 13 obligations carry imprisonment (3 months). 2 carry 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 Person6 Director or Officer1

Plus 6 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Any Person — also bound by 2340 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

Director or Officer — also bound by 429 other Acts

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 162 duties

Companies Act 2006 126 duties

Insolvency Act 1986 77 duties

The Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 68 duties

Building Societies Act 1986 32 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

Livestock and Meat Marketing

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23 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.001 The Meat and Livestock Commission.

s.001 Commission’s duty to consult representative organisations.

s.002 The Consumers Committee, and other committees of the Commission.

s.003 Commission’s duties in connection with fatstock guaranteed prices and calf subsidies.

s.004 Commission’s functions in connection with Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Acts.

s.005 Systems for classification of carcases.

s.006 Compulsory use of systems of classification of carcases.

s.007 Systems of classifying meat, and codes of practice for butchers.

s.008 Information as to retail meat prices.

s.009 Powers to meet future developments in livestock and livestock products industries.

s.013 Levy on industries to meet Commission’s expenses.

s.014 Levy: registration, returns and records.

s.015 Ministers’ contributions to Commission’s expenses.

s.016 Payments for scientific research.

s.017 Collection of statutory levies by Commission.

s.018 Commission’s reserve fund.

s.019 Commission’s annual report and accounts.

s.020 Directions to Commission by Ministers.

s.021 Inquiries by Commission.

s.022 Dissolution of Pig Industry Development Authority.

s.023 Power of entry.

s.024 Disclosure of information.

s.025 Interpretation of Part I.

Part 2

FARM STRUCTURE AND FARM IMPROVEMENTS, AND PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT

1 of 10 sections shown

s.035 General provisions for schemes under Part II. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Ministers must follow specific procedures when creating agricultural grant schemesCrown / Minister / Government department

9 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.026 Grants for amalgamations and boundary adjustments.

s.027 Grants for individuals relinquishing occupation of uncommercial units.

s.028 Loans to assist amalgamations and boundary adjustments.

s.029 Promotion of amalgamations and boundary adjustments by Minister.

s.033 Supplements to improvement and water supply grants.

s.034 Power to vary rates, and extend scope, of grants for agricultural investment.

s.037 Recovery of grant and revocation of approval.

s.039 Provisions relating to Northern Ireland.

s.040 Interpretation of Part II.

Part 3

Hill Land

6 of 13 sections shown

s.046 Functions of Rural Development Boards. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Rural Development Boards must manage and improve rural land and stockStatutory regulator

s.049 Control of sale of certain land. Regulated

Obtain consent from the Rural Development Board before transferring landAny Person

s.052 Control of afforestation. Regulated

Obtain a licence before planting trees in Rural Development Board areasAny Person

s.053 Boards’ annual reports and accounts. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Rural Development Boards must submit annual reports and audited accountsStatutory regulator

s.054 Directions to Boards by appropriate Minister. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Minister may issue directions and inspect records of Rural Development BoardsCrown / Minister / Government department

s.055 Powers of entry and of obtaining information. Prosecution

Obstructing entry to landAny Person

Fine up to £200

7 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.045 Rural Development Boards.

s.047 Boards’ powers of giving financial assistance.

s.048 Promotion of amalgamations and boundary adjustments by Rural Development Boards.

s.050 Control of sale of certain land: exceptions and supplemental provisions.

s.051 Schemes for co-ordinated amalgamations and reshaping of agricultural units.

s.056 Application of Part III to Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

s.057 Interpretation of Part III.

Part 4

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4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.058 The Central Council for Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operation.

s.060 Directions to Council by Ministers.

s.061 Grants for purposes connected with co-operative activities.

s.062 Supplemental.

Part 5

2 of 7 sections shown

s.069 False statements to obtain grants, etc. Imprisonment

Make false statements to obtain agricultural grants or loansAny Person

s.070 Guaranteed prices: minor amendments as respects powers of entry and offences. Regulated

Remove, alter, or hide marks on agricultural produceAny Person

5 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.063 Financial assistance for certain bodies making agricultural loans

s.064 Grants towards fulfilling guarantees of bank loans to agriculture or horticulture businesses.

s.065 Grants for keeping farm business records.

s.067 Sick pay for agricultural workers.

s.068 Application of capital money in payment of improvement rentcharges.

Part 6

2 of 4 sections shown

s.071 Offences by bodies corporate. Imprisonment

Personal liability for directors and officers for company offencesDirector or Officer

s.074 Expenses and receipts of Ministers. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Government must fund Act expenses and pay receipts into the ExchequerCrown / Minister / Government department

2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.072 Application to Northern Ireland.

s.075 Short title, interpretation, repeals and commencement.

Schedules

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s.sch003 Conditions applying to Amalgamated Agricultural Units Regulated

Obtain consent before splitting or changing the use of amalgamated agricultural landAny Person

s.sch005 Rural Development Boards Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Minister must consult and notify the public before establishing a BoardCrown / Minister / Government department

43 other schedules

s.sch001 The Meat and Livestock Commission

s.sch002 Supplementary provisions with respect to Development Schemes

s.sch003 For a period of five years from the time when...

s.sch003 In relation to land which is subject to the provisions...

s.sch003 In relation to Scotland, any reference in this Schedule to...

s.sch003 In relation to Northern Ireland— (a) any reference in this...

s.sch003 (1) As respects a unit of land to which this...

s.sch003 (1) It shall be a condition that, except with the...

s.sch003 It shall be a condition that, except with the written...

s.sch003 It shall be a condition that the owner of the...

s.sch003 (1) The appropriate Minister— (a) may, when giving his consent...

s.sch003 (1) A person by whom the condition specified in paragraph...

s.sch003 If the appropriate Minister is satisfied that a breach of...

s.sch003 In this Schedule “ owner ”, in relation to any...

s.sch005 (1) A Rural Development Board shall consist of not less...

s.sch005 The application of the seal of a Board to any...

s.sch005 A Board’s office shall be in its area or where...

s.sch005 (1) Part IV of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981...

s.sch005 (1) In the case of an equality of votes at...

s.sch005 (1) A Board may appoint such officers and servants as...

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s.sch007 Repeals

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Agriculture Act 1967

Does it bind you?

Other Acts binding the same actors

What it requires

Livestock and Meat Marketing

FARM STRUCTURE AND FARM IMPROVEMENTS, AND PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT

Hill Land

Schedules