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Agriculture (Miscellaneous War Provisions) Act 1940 (repealed 5.11.1993)

3 & 4 Geo. 6 c. 14 · Enacted 21 March 1940 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Act repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1, Pt. II

Contents

  1. Part I: Wheat
  2. 1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  3. Part II: Oats, Rye, Barley and Ploughing
  4. 8–13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  5. Part III: Land Drainage
  6. 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  7. 15Mole drainage.
  8. 16–21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  9. 22Interpretation construction, citation and duration of Part III.
  10. Part IV: Miscellaneous and General
  11. 23–26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  12. 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  13. 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  14. 29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  15. 30Definitions.
  16. 31Application to Scotland.
  17. 32Application to Northern Ireland.
  18. 33Short title.
  19. Schedule FIRSTSchedule FIRST
  20. Schedule SECONDSchedule SECOND
  21. Schedule THIRDSchedule THIRD
  22. Schedule FOURTHSchedule FOURTH
  23. Schedule FIFTHSchedule FIFTH

1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

8–13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1 E+W+S

15Mole drainage.C2C1 E+W+S

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Where a scheme for the field drainage of any agricultural land or for the cleansing or other improvement of ditches on any such land F3or for the supply of water to any such landF4or to any building used in connection with any such land—

(a)

has been submitted . . . F5 to the War Agricultural Executive Committee for the county or county borough in which the land is situated; and

(b)

has been approved for the purposes of this section by that Committee;

the Minister may, out of moneys provided by Parliament, make, towards expenditure incurred by any person in carrying out the scheme, grants of such amounts and subject to such conditions as the Treasury may approve.

F6(2)

In assessing the amount of any compensation payable to a tenant of agricultural land, whether under the M1Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923, or under custom or agreement, by reason of the improvement of the land by mole drainage works in respect of which a grant has been made under this section, the grant shall be taken into account as if it had been a benefit allowed to the tenant in consideration of his executing the improvement, and the compensation shall be reduced accordingly.

16–21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1 E+W+S

22Interpretation construction, citation and duration of Part III. E+W+S

(1)

In this Part of this Act—

C1(a)

the expression “agricultural land” has the meaning assigned to it by section twenty-nine of the Land Drainage Act, 1930, for the purposes of Part IV of that Act;

(b)

the expression “dam” includes a lock, weir or other structure affecting the flow of water in any watercourse.

C2(2)

This Part of this Act shall be construed as one with the Land Drainage Act, 1930, and may be cited together with that Act as the Land Drainage Acts, 1930 and 1940.

3)(4)

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23–26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

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30Definitions.

(1)

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(2)

For the purposes of this Part of this Act—

(a)

the expression “agricultural holding” means a holding within the meaning of the M1Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923;

(b)

the expression “the Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.

31Application to Scotland.

This Act shall apply to Scotland subject to the following modifications:—

(1)

In this Part of this Act—

(a)

for any reference to the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries there shall be substituted a reference to the Secretary of State;

(b)

for references to the M1Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923, and to a contract of tenancy within the meaning of that Act, there shall be respectively substituted references to the M2Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Acts, 1923 and 1931, and to a lease within the meaning of those Acts;

(c)

for any reference to the War Agricultural Executive Committee for a county or a county borough there shall be substituted a reference to the Agricultural Executive Committee for any area to which the Secretary of State has delegated any of his powers under regulations made under the M3Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939;

(d)

for any reference to such a council as is mentioned in section twenty-one of the M4Land Settlement (Facilities) Act, 1919, there shall be substituted a reference to a local authority within the meaning of section twenty-two of the M5Land Settlement (Scotland) Act, 1919;

(e)

the expression “owner” has the like meaning as in the M6Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1897,

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(4)

Part III of this Act shall not apply.

(5)

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32Application to Northern Ireland.

(1)

Part III of this Act and sections twenty-four, twenty-six and twenty-nine of this Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland and, in the application of the other provisions of this Act to Northern Ireland, the modifications hereafter specified in this section shall be made.

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33Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Agriculture (Miscellaneous War Provisions) Act, 1940.

Schedule FIRSTF1

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Schedule SECONDF1

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Schedule THIRDF1

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