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Agriculture Act 1967

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Order establishing a Board

1(1)The area of a Rural Development Board, and the date on which it is to be established, shall be fixed by an order made by the appropriate Minister by statutory instrument of which a draft has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

(2)The order shall specify the Board's area by reference to a map attached to, or deposited in a place recorded in, the order.

(3)The appropriate Minister shall fix the boundaries of the area having regard primarily to natural conformations, features and boundaries, and only secondarily to the boundaries of the areas of local authorities and other public bodies, or to the boundaries of the area of particular agricultural units or other holdings of the land.

(4)The area may consist of two or more separate tracts of land, and land which is part of the area may totally enclose land which is not.

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