Agriculture (Miscellaneous War Provisions) Act 1940

Section 9.

THIRD SCHEDULE Temporary Amendments of Agricultural Development Act, 1939, consequential on Rye Subsidy

1 Section three of the Act of 1939 (which relates to mixed crops) shall have effect subject to the following amendments :—

(i) for subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following two subsections—

“(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, for the purpose of any provision of this Act which relates to land being under oats at a particular time—

(a) land on which there was growing at that time two or all of the crops to which this paragraph applies, intermixed with one another but not intermixed with any other crop, shall be treated as land which was under oats at that time;

(b) land on which there was growing at that time one or more of the crops to which paragraph (a) of this subsection applies, intermixed with any crop or crops to which that paragraph does not apply, shall be treated as being under oats at that time in such cases as may be determined in accordance with regulations made by the Ministers.

(1A) The crops to which paragraph (a) of the preceding subsection applies are crops of oats, crops of rye and crops of barley.”

(ii) in subsection (2) the words " or (c) " shall be omitted;

(iii) in subsection (3) after the word " Ministers " there shall be inserted the words " be disregarded or ".

2 Section four of the said Act (which relates to negligent cultivation) shall have effect as if a reference to a crop of oats included a reference to a crop of rye.

3 Section six of the said Act (which relates to changes in the occupation of farms) shall have effect as if any reference to harvesting or receiving payment for oats included a reference to harvesting or receiving payment for any crop by virtue whereof the land is to be treated as being under oats on the fourth day of June in the year in question.