# Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: E+W+S

An Act to dissolve the Sugar Board; to provide for increasing the amount which may be advanced under section 2 of the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Act 1956; to amend the provisions of Part I of the Agriculture Act 1967 relating to the Meat and Livestock Commission and their committees; to provide for the making of grants in connection with proficiency tests in crafts related to agriculture; to authorise measures to restrict the growing of male hop plants; to make further provision for obtaining agricultural statistics; to provide for the adaptation of certain enactments to metric units; to provide for regulating the exportation of animals in the interests of their welfare; to make further provision for preventing the transmission of disease from wild life to animals and poultry; to amend the law relating to agricultural holdings; to amend section 29(4) of the Agriculture Act 1970; and for purposes connected with those matters
[15th November 1976]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/55/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1976/introduction
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