{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-1967/section-57",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-1967/section-57.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1967/22",
  "legislation_title": "Agriculture Act 1967",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-1967",
  "path": "section/57",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part III.",
  "text": "(1) In this Part of this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—\n“amalgamation”, “boundary adjustment”, “commercial unit”, “intermediate unit” and “uncommercial unit” have the same meanings as in Part II of this Act;\n“the appropriate forestry authority” means the Forestry Commission in relation to England , the Scottish Ministers in relation to Scotland ...;\n“prescribed”, in relation to the contents of a scheme, means prescribed by the scheme;\n“woodland” includes all land used primarily for the growing of trees.\n(2) For the purposes of this Part of this Act land in the area of a Rural Development Board shall be regarded as having been within that area from the date when the Board is established except that, if included by an order varying the Board’s area, it shall be regarded as being within that area from the date when that order takes effect.\n(3) Section 107 of the Agriculture Act 1947 or, as the case may be, section 83 of the Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948 (manner of service of notice) shall apply to notices required or authorised to be served by a Minister or a Rural Development Board under this Part of this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 57 repealed (S.) (16.6.2025) by Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 11), s. 38(2), sch. 2 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2025/167, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 57(1) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 86 (with Sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 57(1) substituted (S.) (1.4.2019) by The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/125), regs. 1(2), 3(3) (and see also S.I. 2019/734, arts. 1, 6, Sch. para. 48)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 57(1) omitted (W.) (10.9.2025) by virtue of Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 1(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1947 c. 48."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1948 c. 45."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/22/section/57",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:55:48.999508+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}