http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1964/25/section/2Pig Production Development Act (Northern Ireland) 1964(repealed)An Act to establish a Pig Production Development Committee and a Pig Production Development Fund; to make provision with respect to services and facilities intended to benefit persons engaged in the production of pigs or to increase, encourage or make more profitable the production of pigs or to secure improvements in the quality of pigs; for the purpose of meeting costs incurred in connection with the provision of services and facilities as aforesaid, to provide for the imposition and payment by certain persons of a levy in respect of pigs sold to the Pigs Marketing Board, in respect of certain pigs sold to other persons and in respect of pigs exported from Northern Ireland; and for purposes connected with those matters.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2012-08-292009-06-01 21The functions of the Committee shall be to provide services and facilities intended to benefit persons engaged in the production of pigs or to increase, encourage or make more profitable the production of pigs or to secure improvements in the quality of pigs and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing,—ato promote or provide schemes for the production and distribution of high quality breeding stock and services and facilities for progeny testing, performance testing and artificial insemination of pigs;bto promote or undertake investigations, research and education in connection with the production of pigs generally;cto give such financial assistance as the Committee may think fit to other persons to meet expenditure incurred or likely to be incurred by those persons in providing any services or facilities mentioned in this subsection.2The Committee shall make recommendations to the Ministry as to the amount of the levy to be paid under section 5, and in making such recommendations shall have regard to the expenses incurred, or likely to be incurred, in carrying out their functions under subsection (1).Act repealed (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 3(1)(a), 6, 7(1), Sch. 3 (with s. 3(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(c)(e)1994 NI 6