Part A

Scheme paragraph	Proposed Amendment
1	Delete “and 1990(f)” and replace it by “, 1990(f) and 1994(g)”.
4	Delete “1889” and replace it by “1978”.
8(1)	Delete “and 1987” and replace it by “, 1987 and 1990”.
8(2)	Delete “1990” and replace it by “1994”.
9	Delete “eighteen district members, one special member for Scotland and one special member for England and Wales, all of whom” and replace it by “thirteen district members who”.
10(1)	Delete “sub-paragraphs (2) and (3)” and replace it by “sub-paragraph (2)” and delete “eighteen” and replace it by “thirteen”.
10(2)	Delete the current sub-paragraph.
10(3)	Renumber the current sub-paragraph as “(2)” and delete “or members”, and delete “(ascertained as under paragraph (2) of this paragraph)” and insert in the place of the latter deleted expression “(as ascertained from the agricultural statistics published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Scottish Office Agricultural and Fisheries Department and the Welsh Office Agriculture Department)”.
11(1), (2) and (3)	Delete sub-paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) from the current paragraph and replace them by:— “(1) An election of all district members shall be held for all districts on such day before the first retirement date as may be fixed by the Board and on such day in the month of September or October in every fourth year thereafter as may be fixed by the Board. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Scheme, members so elected shall hold office for four years from the 31st October next following their election, except that the members who are elected in the elections held before the first retirement date shall hold office from the first retirement date until the 31st October in the fourth year after the first retirement date.”.
11(4)	Renumber the current sub-paragraph as “(3)”and delete reference to “paragraph 10(3)” and replace it by “paragraph 10(2)” and delete— “(b) the Board shall prescribe a timetable for future district elections which ensures as far as is practicable that no more than four years shall elapse between elections for every district member.” and replace it by— “(b) members so elected shall hold office from the 31st October next following their election until the 31st October in the first subsequent year in which there is an election of all district members.”
12	Delete the existing paragraph.
13(2)	Delete “or of a special member, as the case may be,” and “of a special member for Scotland or”.
13(5) and (6)	Delete these sub-paragraphs.
13(7) to (11)	Renumber existing sub-paragraphs (7) to (11) as sub-paragraphs (5) to (9).
13(12) and (13)	Delete these sub-paragraphs.
13(14) to (18)	Renumber sub-paragraphs (14) to (18) as sub-paragraphs (10) to (14) and in sub-paragraph (18) delete “(17)” and replace it by “(13)” and delete “(8)” and replace it by “(6)”.
14(1)	Delete “or special member or members” and replace it by “member”.
14(4)	Delete paragraphs (b) and (c) and re-letter paragraph (d) as paragraph (b).
16(1) opening paragraph	Delete “or special” and “or territory”.
16(1) proviso	Delete “or territory”.