Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act 1928

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5 Enforcement and expenses. E+W+S

Subject as hereinafter provided, it shall be the duty of the council of every county . . . F1 to enforce within their county . . . F1 the provisions of this Act, and for that purpose to appoint such officers as may be necessary, and any expenses incurred by a council under this Act shall be defrayed . . . F1 as part of their expenses for general county purposes . . . F1 :

[F2 Provided that as respects Greater London, the council of every London borough as respects the borough, and the Common Council of the City of London as respects the City of London, shall perform and exercise the duties and powers imposed and conferred by this Act on councils of counties . . . , and this Act shall, in its application to Greater London, have effect as if for references therein to an officer of the council of any county . . . there were substituted references to an officer of the council of any London borough or of the Common Council of the City of London.]

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Amendments (Textual)

F1 Words repealed (E.W). by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), ss. 272(1), 273(1), Sch. 30 and (S.) by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65, SIF 81:2), s. 237(1), Sch. 29

F2 Proviso substituted by S.I. 1965/602

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 5 restricted (W.) by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), s. 200(1)

C2 S. 5 excluded (W.) by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), s. 200(7)

6 Provisions as to regulations and orders. E+W+S

(1) All regulations made under this Act shall be laid before Parliament as soon as may be after they are made, and if either House of Parliament, within the next subsequent twenty-one days on which the House sat next after the regulations are laid before it presents an Address to His Majesty praying that the regulations of any part of them may be annulled, they shall thenceforth be void, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder or to the making of new regulations.

(2) Any order made or notice served under this Act may be varied or revoked by any subsequent order made or notice served in like manner.

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

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Amendments (Textual)

F3 S. 6(3) repealed by Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1963 (c. 11), Sch. Pt. II

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 S. 6(1) amended by Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (c. 36), s. 5(2)

7 Interpretation. E+W+S

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—

• [F4 “Agricultural produce” and “fishery produce” include respectively all produce of agriculture or horticulture and of the fishing industry, all articles of food or drink wholly, or partly manufactured or derived from any such produce as aforesaid, and fleeces and the skins of animals]

• “British eggs” means eggs produced in the United Kingdom:

• “Chemical storage” means storage for the purpose of preserving eggs by any process which does not alter the composition of the shells, including storage in any gas, vapour, or gaseous mixture:

• “Covering” includes any vessel, box, crate, wrapper, tray, or other container:

• “Egg” means an egg laid by a domestic fowl or domestic duck:

• “Grade designation” means a grade designation prescribed under this Act:

• “Label” includes any band or ticket:

• “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries:

• “Prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under this Act:

• “Quality,” in relation to any articles, includes the state and condition of those articles:

• “Registered premises” means premises for the time being registered in manner provided by this Act.

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Amendments (Textual)

F4 Definition substituted by Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Amendment Act 1931 (c. 40), s. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 Style and title of Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries now changed to Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200)

8 Application to Scotland. E+W+S

In the application of this Act to Scotland, references to the Board of Agriculture for Scotland shall be substituted for references to the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, references to a [F5 council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 shall be substituted for references to a council of a county], and the expenses of any council shall be defrayed out of such rate as the council may appoint.

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Amendments (Textual)

F5 Words in s. 8 substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5 Functions of Board of Agriculture for Scotland now exercisable by Secretary of State: Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1928 (c. 34), s. 1 and Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1939 (c. 20), s. 1

9 Saving for other Acts. E+W+S

The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of the provisions of any other enactment relating to or affecting merchandise marks or the sale of any article with respect to which this Act applies.

10 Short title and extent. E+W+S

(1) This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1928.

(2) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.