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Section 32 General provisions as to commissions and committees.

United Kingdom

(1)

F1The Minister may appoint a secretary to any commission F2... constituted ... under this Part of this Act, and every such commission ... may employ such officers, agents and servants as the Minister may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.

(2)

The Minister may pay such remuneration to the chairman and other members and the secretary, officers, agents and servants of any such commission F3..., and such other expenses of any such commission ..., as the Minister may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.

(3)

The chairman and other members of every such commission F4... shall be appointed by the Minister for such period and subject to such conditions as may be determined by him, and the meetings, quorum and procedure of any such commission ... shall be regulated in accordance with regulations made by the Minister for the purpose, and every such commission ... shall have power to act nothwithstanding any vacancy among the members thereof.

F5(4)

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(5)

Regulations made under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(6)

Any expenses incurred by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or a Secretary of State under this section shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 32(1)-(3) repealed (S.) (16.6.2025) by Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 11), s. 38(2), sch. 2 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2025/167, reg. 2, sch.

F2

Words in s. 32(1) repealed (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 30(2), 12; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)

F3

Words in s. 32(2) repealed (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 30(3), 12; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)

F4

Words in s. 32(3) repealed (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 30(3), 12; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)

F5

S. 32(4) repealed (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 30(4), 12; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)

Notes on Part I

Modifications

C1

Pt. I repealed in relation to milk (E.W.S.) (1.11.1994) by 1993 c. 37, ss. 1(1)-(5), 21(1)-(3); S.I. 1994/2900, reg.3; S.I. 1994/2921, reg.3; S.I. 1994/2922, reg.2.

Pt. I repealed in relation to potatoes (E.W.S) (1.7.1997) by 1993 c. 37, ss. 25, 26(1)-(5),46. (See S.I. 1996/336)

Pt. 1 (ss. 1-33): power to transfer functions conferred (27.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/3141, arts. 2(1)(5), 3, Sch.