In section 3 of the M1Agriculture (Ploughing Grants) Act 1952, for subsection (4) (which provides that no scheme shall be made under that Act unless a draft has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament) there shall be substituted the following:—

“(4)

Any statutory instrument making, varying or revoking a scheme under this Act shall be laid before Parliament after being made and cease to have effect (without prejudice to anything previously done thereunder or to the making of a new scheme) after the expiration of a period of forty days (calculated in accordance with section 7(1) of the M2Statutory Instruments Act 1946) beginning with the day on which it is made unless within that period it has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.”