{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1949/section-15",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/37",
  "legislation_title": "Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1949",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Definition of appropriate Minister.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) In . . . this Act the expression “the appropriate Minister” means—\n(a) in relation to England and Wales, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;\n(b) in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State.",
  "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      "text": "Act repealed (S.) (16.6.2025) by Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 11), s. 38(2), sch. 2 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2025/167, reg. 2, sch."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": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Ss. 1-5, 9, 14, 15(1) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Ss. 6, 15(2) repealed by Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 (c. 47, SIF 2:10), Sch. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c.39), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p.1200) art. 3"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/37/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:20:43.161141+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."
}