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†67 Application and repeal of provisions of Small Holdings and Allotments Acts, 1908 to 1931.E+W
(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
(2)Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act, the said Acts, . . . F2 are hereby repealed in so far as they relate to smallholdings:
Provided that—
(a)without prejudice to [F3subsection (1) of section 16 of the M1Interpretation Act 1978] (which relates to the effect of repeals), the provisions of the said Acts specified in the first column of Part II of the Eighth Schedule to this Act, which relate to the matters specified in that column, shall continue in operation to the extent specified in the second column of the said Part II, but subject to any modification so specified;
(b)nothing in this subsection shall affect the provisions of the said Acts relating to the acquisition, and to proceedings in relation to the acquisition, of land for the purposes of small holdings as those provisions apply, by virtue of section seventeen of the M2Land Settlement (Facilities) Act 1919, to the acquisition of land by county councils for allotments.
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F1Ss. 54–57, 60–66, 67(1) repealed by Agriculture Act 1970 (c. 40), s. 113(3), Sch. 5 Pt. III
F2Words repealed by Agriculture Act 1970 (c. 40), s. 113(3), Sch. 5 Pt. III
F3Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 25(2)
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C2 “The said Acts” means Small Holdings and Allotments Acts 1908 to 1931
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