Farm Land and Rural Development Act 1988 in Northern Ireland
1988 c. 16 · Enacted 10 May 1988 · Extends to United Kingdom
An Act to provide for the payment of grants for certain purposes connected with farm businesses or with the conversion of agricultural land to woodlands; and to increase the limit on the number of members of the Development Commission.
[10th May 1988] I1
C1Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
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Modifications
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Act: power to transfer certain functions conferred (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1
Act: power to transfer certain functions conferred (27.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/3141, arts. 2(1)(5), 3, Sch.
Commencement
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Act wholly in force at Royal Assent.
Contents
4Supplemental provisions.
This Act may be cited as the Farm Land and Rural Development Act 1988.
It is hereby declared that any function conferred on a Minister of the Crown by or under section 1 or 2 of this Act is to be treated as a function connected with agriculture for the purposes of section 17 of the M1Agriculture Act 1986 (duty to balance interests when exercising functions connected with agriculture).
An Order in Council under paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the M2Northern Ireland Act 1974 (exercise of legislative functions for Northern Ireland) which states that it is made only for purposes corresponding to the purposes of section 1 above—
shall not be subject to paragraph 1(4) and (5) of that Schedule (affirmative resolution procedure and procedure in cases of urgency); but
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Sections 1 to 3 above do not extend to Northern Ireland.