Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954

14 Extension of Corn Returns Act, 1882, to Scotland

(1) The Corn Returns Act, 1882 (which provides for the making of returns of purchases of British corn and for the computation and publication of the average prices of each sort of British corn, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid), shall, subject to the modifications specified in the next following subsection, extend to Scotland.

(2) The modifications referred to in the foregoing subsection are—

(a) for any reference to the Board of Trade or to the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries there shall be substituted a reference to the Secretary of State ;

(b) for any reference to the London Gazette there shall be substituted a reference to the Edinburgh Gazette;

(c) in section twelve for the words " shall be guilty of a misdemeanour " there shall be substituted the words " shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds "; and

(d) sections sixteen and seventeen shall be omitted.

(3) The expenses of the Secretary of State under the Corn Returns Act, 1882, as extended by this section shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.