Agriculture Act 1993

Provisions of scheme effective on statutory vesting E+W+S

56 (1) Where section 11(1) above applies on the vesting day under an approved scheme, the provisions of the scheme shall, to the extent that they fall within sub-paragraph (2) below, have effect by virtue of this paragraph. E+W+S

(2) The provisions of an approved scheme fall within this sub-paragraph to the extent that they purport—

(a) to impose on one of the relevant bodies an obligation on or after the vesting day under the scheme to enter into a written agreement with, or execute an instrument in favour of, another of the relevant bodies;

(b) to create for one of the relevant bodies, on the vesting day under the scheme, an interest in or right over property transferred under section 11 above to another of the relevant bodies; or

(c) to adapt, with effect from the vesting day under the scheme, references to members or officers of the relevant board in a document or oral agreement relating to anything transferred under section 11 above to a relevant successor body.

(3) The provisions of an approved scheme only fall within sub-paragraph (2) above by virtue of paragraph (c) of that sub-paragraph to the extent that their purpose is to prevent, so far as reasonably possible, the effect of the provisions in which the references concerned occur being materially altered as a result of the transfer.

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) above, the relevant bodies, in relation to an approved scheme, are—

(a) the relevant board, and

(b) the relevant successor bodies.

(5) In this paragraph—

(a) “relevant board”, in relation to an approved scheme, means the milk marketing board to which the scheme relates; and

(b) “relevant successor body”, in relation to such a scheme, means a body to which property, rights or liabilities are transferred under section 11 above in accordance with the scheme.

57 (1) Where section 11(1) above applies on the vesting day under an approved scheme, the provisions of the scheme shall, to the extent that they fall within sub-paragraph (2) below, have effect by virtue of this paragraph. E+W+S

(2) The provisions of an approved scheme fall within this sub-paragraph to the extent that they purport—

(a) to impose on—

(i) the relevant board, or

(ii) all or any of the bodies to which property, rights or liabilities of the relevant board are transferred under section 11 above (“the relevant successor bodies”),

duties to take, on or after the vesting day under the scheme, such steps as may be requisite to secure that the vesting under section 11 above of any foreign property, right or liability of the relevant board in any of those bodies is effective under the relevant foreign law;

(b) to impose on the relevant board a duty, in relation to any foreign property, right or liability of its which is transferred under section 11 above, to hold that property or right for the benefit of, or discharge that liability on behalf of, the body to which it is so transferred, until the vesting of that property, right or liability in that body is effective under the relevant foreign law;

(c) to require a body to which any foreign property, right or liability of the relevant board is transferred under section 11 above to act on behalf of that board (so far as possible) for the purposes of, or in connection with, the performance of any duty of the board under the scheme in relation to any foreign property, right or liability of its so transferred to that body; or

(d) to require any of the relevant successor bodies to meet expenses incurred by the relevant board in consequence of provisions of the scheme which fall within this sub-paragraph by virtue of paragraph (a) or (b) above.

(3) Nothing in any provision which has effect by virtue of this paragraph shall be taken as prejudicing the effect, under the law of any part of the United Kingdom, of the vesting under section 11 above of any foreign property, right or liability in any of the relevant successor bodies.

(4) Where provisions of an approved scheme have effect by virtue of this paragraph, the relevant board shall have all such powers as may be requisite for the performance of any duty to which it is subject as a result.

(5) In this paragraph—

(a) “relevant board”, in relation to an approved scheme, means the milk marketing board to which the scheme relates; and

(b) references to any foreign property, right or liability are to any property, right or liability as respects which any issue arising in any proceedings would have to be determined (in accordance with the rules of private international law) by reference to the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.