F1 Without prejudice to the powers exercisable by the Ministry of Agriculture (in this Act referred to as “the Ministry” ) under any other enactment, the Ministry may make schemes (in this Act referred to as “poultry improvement schemes” ) for the purposes of—
assisting the development of the poultry industry;
improving the profitability of poultry production and the quality of poultry products;
promoting the breeding and distribution of stocks of healthy poultry of good quality;
assisting the adaptation of poultry production to economic and technical change.
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