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          <Strong>Part 9</Strong>
        </Number><Title>Miscellaneous</Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2006-10-01"><Title>Abolition of certain agricultural <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation> committees</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/16/section/101" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/16/section/101" id="section-101"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><CommentaryRef Ref="key-97ba15bfaca32dd6ebfd9711a0850e95"/>101</Pnumber><P1para><Text>The following are abolished—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/16/section/101/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/16/section/101/a" id="section-101-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the advisory committee for England, Wales and Northern Ireland established under section 32 of the Hill Farming Act 1946 (c. 73),</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/16/section/101/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/16/section/101/b" id="section-101-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the sub-committee for Wales and Monmouthshire established under that section,</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/16/section/101/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/16/section/101/c" id="section-101-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the advisory committee for Scotland established under that section,</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/16/section/101/d" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/16/section/101/d" id="section-101-d"><Pnumber>d</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the consumers' committees and committees of investigation established under section 19 of the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 (c. 47), and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/16/section/101/e" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/16/section/101/e" id="section-101-e"><Pnumber>e</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the committee of investigation established under Article 21 of the Agricultural Marketing (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 (<Acronym Expansion="Statutory Instrument">S.I.</Acronym> 1982/1080 (N.I. 12)).</Text></P3para></P3></P1para></P1></P1group></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-97ba15bfaca32dd6ebfd9711a0850e95" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="section-101" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/16/section/101" id="cxmvfz6e1-00663">S. 101</CitationSubRef> in force at 1.10.2006  by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/2541" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2006" Number="2541" Title="Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (Commencement No.3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006" id="cxmvfz6e1-00664">S.I. 2006/2541</Citation>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/2541/article/2" CitationRef="cxmvfz6e1-00664" Operative="true" id="cxmvfz6e1-00665">art. 2</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef SectionRef="schedule" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/2541/schedule" CitationRef="cxmvfz6e1-00664" id="cxmvfz6e1-00666">Sch.</CitationSubRef>)</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>