{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-artificial-insemination-act-1946/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-artificial-insemination-act-1946/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/9-10/29",
  "legislation_title": "Agriculture (Artificial Insemination) Act 1946",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-artificial-insemination-act-1946",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Power of Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and Secretary of State to make contributions and establish centres for the purposes of research as to the artificial insemination of livestock.",
  "text": "(1) With a view to developing and improving the breeding of livestock, including poultry and bees, by the practice of artificial insemination, the Minister may—\n(a) contribute towards any expenditure incurred, with his approval, by any society or person in the conduct of research tions and establish centres for the purposes of research or experiment in matters affecting that practice;”\n(b) establish and operate such centres providing services of artificial insemination for any such livestock as aforesaid as he thinks fit for the purposes of such research and experiment.\n(2) Any expenses incurred by the Minister under this section, to such amount as may be sanctioned by the Treasury, shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament, and any fees or other sums received by the Minister in respect of the operations of any centre established under this section shall be paid into the Exchequer.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Act repealed (S.) (16.6.2025) by Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 11), s. 38(2), sch. 2 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2025/167, reg. 2, sch."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": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 1 modified (W.) (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 1 functions transferred (W.) (24.5.2018) by The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/644), arts. 1(1), 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Certain functions of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under s. 1 now exercisable (W.) by Secretary of State or Minister and Secretary of State jointly: S.I. 1978/272, art. 4, Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/9-10/29/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:25:17.949634+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."
}