Agriculture Act 1957
1957 c.57
An Act to make further provision for guaranteed prices and assured markets for producers of agricultural produce in the United Kingdom; to authorise the payment of grants in respect of long-term improvements of agricultural land within the United Kingdom and in respect of the costs of certain transactions concerning such land; to make fresh provision for the development of the pig industry in Great Britain (including the production, processing, manufacture and distribution of pig products); to authorise payments into the Exchequer of Northern Ireland on account of expenses incurred for the benefit of producers of agricultural produce in Northern Ireland; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Act amended (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. 37, s.54(1)(2)
Act amended (E.W.S.) (4.8.1993) by 1993 c. 37, ss.55, 65(3); S.I. 1993/2038, art.2
Act (except s. 32): transfer of functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1
Act transfer of functions (27.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/3141 arts. 2(1)(5), 3, Sch.
Act transfer of functions (21.11.2002) by S.I. 2002/2843, art. 2(2) (with art. 10)
Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3