Agriculture Act 1947

1. Introductory Text

2. Part I Guaranteed Prices and Assured Markets

   1. 1. Provisions for securing efficient agricultural production and proper agricultural conditions

   2. 2. Annual and special reviews of condition of agricultural industry

   3. 3. Variation of factors determining operation of arrangements for providing guaranteed prices and assured markets

   4. 4. Power to supplement arrangements

   5. 5. Provisions for enabling producers to plan ahead

   6. 6. Power to vary scheduled produce

   7. 7. Orders under Part I

   8. 8. Interpretation of Part I

3. Part II Good estate management and good husbandry

   1. 9. Duties of good estate management and good husbandry

   2. Rules of good estate management and good husbandry

      1. 10. Good estate management

      2. 11. Good husbandry

   3. Supervision Orders

      1. 12. Power of Minister to supervise estate management and husbandry

      2. 13. Changes of owner or occupier effected without approval of Minister not to invalidate supervision orders

   4. Directions to secure good estate management and good husbandry

      1. 14. Directions to secure good estate management and good husbandry

      2. 15. Supplementary provisions as to directions

   5. Dispossession of owners or occupiers on grounds of bad estate management or bad husbandry

      1. 16. Dispossession on grounds of bad estate management

      2. 17. Dispossession on grounds of bad husbandry

      3. 18. Power of Minister to take possession where occupier dispossessed and no other arrangements made

      4. 19. Power of tenant or landlord to apply for dispossession of owner or occupier under supervision

   6. Supplementary

      1. 20. Service of notices on agents

      2. 21. Interpretation in Part II of references to " owner " and " manager " ; and registration of certain owners, trustees, etc

4. Part III Agricultural Holdings

   1. Compensation to tenant for improvements and to landlord for deterioration

      1. 22. Compensation to tenant for improvements, etc

      2. 23. Measure of compensation for long-term improvements

      3. 24. Consent of landlord or approval of Minister required for long-term improvements

      4. 25. Measure of compensation for improvements, etc., in Fourth Schedule

      5. 26. Reduction of compensation where grant received by tenant

      6. 27. Claims not to be made for compensation based on custom

      7. 28. Compensation for continuous adoption of special system of farming

      8. 29. Compensation to landlord for deterioration of holding

   2. Compensation for disturbance, and provisions as to notices to quit

      1. 30. Compensation for disturbance

      2. 31. Restrictions on termination by notice of tenancies of holdings

      3. 32. Provisions as to notices to quit where holding agreed to be sold

   3. Supplementary provisions as to compensation

      1. 33. Extent to which compensation recoverable under agreements

      2. 34. Transitional provisions as to compensation

   4. Variation and ascertainment of terms of contracts of tenancy. Section

      1. 35. Variation of rent of holdings

      2. 36. Variation of terms of tenancy as to permanent pasture

      3. 37. Liability for repair, maintenance and insurance of fixed equipment

      4. 38. Provisions for securing written tenancy agreements

      5. 39. Supplementary provisions as to sections 37 and 38

   5. General

      1. 40. Restriction on letting agricultural land for less than from year to year

      2. 41. Power of tenant to obtain charge on holding in respect of compensation

      3. 42. Power of limited owner to apply capital moneys for improvements

      4. 43. Power of landlord to enter on holding

      5. 44. Provisions as to arbitration

      6. 45. Minor and consequential amendments relating to Part III

      7. 46. Construction, citation and application of Part III

5. Part IV Smallholdings

   1. Provision of smallholdings

      1. 47. Duty of county councils to provide smallholdings

      2. 48. Acquisition by smallholdings authority of land for smallholdings

      3. 49. Power of smallholdings authority to provide fixed equipment, etc

      4. 50. Lay-out and equipment of smallholdings to be carried out in accordance with scheme approved by Minister

   2. Management of authorities' smallholdings

      1. 51. General powers of smallholdings authority

      2. 52. Letting of smallholdings

      3. 53. Duty of smallholdings authority to manage in accordance with rules of good estate management

      4. 54. Loans for smallholdings purposes

      5. 55. Supplementary provisions as to management of authorities' smallholdings

   3. Provision of smallholdings by the Minister

      1. 56. Power of Minister to provide smallholdings

      2. 57. Default powers of Minister

   4. Financial provisions

      1. 58. Contributions by Minister to losses incurred by smallholdings authorities

      2. 59. Winding-up of Small Holdings and Allotments Account

      3. 60. Accounts, etc., of smallholdings authorities

   5. Supplementary provisions

      1. 61. Constitution and functions of smallholdings committees

      2. 62. Keeping of lists of smallholdings

      3. 63. Annual reports of smallholdings authorities and of Minister

      4. 64. Exercise, in relation to smallholdings, of powers of smallholdings authority to purchase, sell, let, exchange and appropriate land

      5. 65. Application of Part IV to councils of county boroughs

      6. 66. Definition of " smallholding."

      7. 67. Application and repeal of provisions of Small Holdings and Allotments Acts, 1908 to 1931

6. Part V Administrative and General

   1. The Agricultural Land Commission

      1. 68. Establishment of Agricultural Land Commission and Welsh Agricultural Land Sub-Commission

      2. 69. Powers of Commission and Sub-Commission to hold inquiries

      3. 70. Annual report of Commission

   2. County Agricultural Executive Committees

      1. 71. Establishment and functions of County Agricultural Executive Committees

      2. 72. Delegation of functions of Minister to County Agricultural Executive Committees

   3. Agricultural Land Tribunals

      1. 73. Establishment, constitution and procedure of Agricultural Land Tribunals

      2. 74. Proceedings before Agricultural Land Tribunal on reference of Minister's proposals

   4. Supplementary Administrative Provisions

      1. 75. Provisions as to land lying partly in one area and partly in another

      2. 76. Dissolution of Councils of Agriculture, the Agricultural Advisory Committee and county agricultural committees established under 9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 91

   5. Statistics of agriculture in Great Britain

      1. 77. Agricultural Statistics Advisory Committees

      2. 78. Power to obtain agricultural statistics

      3. 79. Information as to dealings in land used for agriculture

      4. 80. Restriction on disclosure of information

      5. 81. Penalties

   6. General powers of acquisition and management of land by Minister

      1. 82. Powers of Minister to acquire land by agreement

      2. 83. Acquisition by Minister of land for research, experiment and demonstration

      3. 84. Acquisition of land by Minister to ensure full and efficient use thereof

      4. 85. Power of Minister to retain possession of land in interests of agricultural production

      5. 86. Control of subdivision of agricultural units

      6. 87. Experimental schemes for readjustment of farm boundaries

      7. 88. Transfer to Minister of land vested in other Government departments

      8. 89. Transfer of land from Land Settlement Associations to Minister

      9. 90. Powers of management, etc., of land acquired by Minister

      10. 91. Repeal of sections 1 to 4 of 21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. 41

   7. Provisions as to compulsory acquisition of land

      1. 92. Procedure for compulsory purchase of land

      2. 93. Compulsory hiring of land

      3. 94. Limitation of period of compulsory hiring

   8. Special directions to secure production

      1. 95. Special directions to secure production

   9. Continuation of contributions to cost of drainage, water supply and application of lime

      1. 96. Continuation of grants for drainage of, and supply of water to, agricultural land

      2. 97. Contributions towards cost of liming agricultural land

   10. Pest and weed control

       1. 98. Prevention of damage by pests

       2. 99. Prevention of escape of captive animals

       3. 100. Supplementary provisions relating to sections ninety-eight and ninety-nine

       4. 101. Provision by Minister of equipment and services for pest control

       5. 102. Destruction of injurious weeds

   11. Supplementary

       1. 103. Schemes for provision of agricultural goods and services

       2. 104. Provisions as to representations

       3. 105. Expenses and receipts

       4. 106. Provisions as to entry and inspection

       5. 107. Service of notices

       6. 108. Regulations and orders

       7. 109. Interpretation,

       8. 110. Repeals

       9. 111. Short title, commencement and extent

7. 1. FIRST SCHEDULE

      Produce to which Part I of Act applies

   2. SECOND SCHEDULE

      Provisions where permanent pasture directed to be ploughed up or other cultivations to be carried out

   3. THIRD SCHEDULE

      1. PART I Improvements to which consent of Landlord required

      2. Part II Improvements to which consent of Landlord or approval of the Minister required

   4. FOURTH SCHEDULE

      1. PART I Improvements in respect of which no consent required

      2. Part II Other matters in respect of which Compensation payable to Tenant

   5. FIFTH SCHEDULE

      Applications for certificates of bad husbandry

   6. SIXTH SCHEDULE

      Matters for which provision to be made in written tenancy agreements

   7. SEVENTH SCHEDULE

      Minor and consequential amendments

   8. EIGHTH SCHEDULE

      Provisions of Small Holdings and Allotments Acts applied or saved

      1. PART I Provisions applied

      2. Part II Provisions saved

   9. NINTH SCHEDULE

      Constitution etc. of Commission, Sub-Commission, Committees and Tribunals

   10. TENTH SCHEDULE

       Combination of Counties for Purposes of Agricultural Executive Committees

   11. ELEVENTH SCHEDULE

       Application in relation to mortgages and charges of section 86 of Act

   12. TWELFTH SCHEDULE

       Provisions as to schemes for adjusting Farm Boundaries or amalgamating Farms

   13. THIRTEENTH SCHEDULE

       Enactments repealed