# Agriculture Act 1957, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

An Act to make further provision for guaranteed prices and assured markets for producers of agricultural produce in the United Kingdom; to authorise the payment of grants in respect of long-term improvements of agricultural land within the United Kingdom and in respect of the costs of certain transactions concerning such land; to make fresh provision for the development of the pig industry in Great Britain (including the production, processing, manufacture and distribution of pig products); to authorise payments into the Exchequer of Northern Ireland on account of expenses incurred for the benefit of producers of agricultural produce in Northern Ireland; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
[31st July 1957]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/57/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-1957/introduction
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