Hill Farming Act 1946

1. Introductory Text

2. Rehabilitation of Hill Farming Land

   1. 1. Grants under schemes for improvement of hill farming land

   2. 2. Amounts, and payment, of grants under improvement schemes

   3. 3. Contents, submission and approval of improvement schemes

   4. 4. Revocation or variation of improvement schemes by consent

   5. 5. Revocation or variation of improvement schemes on ground of public interest

   6. 6. Revocation or variation of improvement schemes on ground of bad work, delay, etc.

   7. 7. Hearings before revocation or variation of improvement schemes

   8. 8. Requirements, in connection with improvement schemes, as to observance of rules of good husbandry, etc.

   9. 9. Operation of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923, etc., in relation to improvement schemes

   10. 10. Attachment of conditions as to letting, etc., of new and improved cottages

   11. 11. Provision as to application of capital for improvements to settled hill farming land

   12. 12. Improvement of hill farming land subject to rights of common

3. Subsidies for Hill Sheep and Hill Cattle

   1. 13. Schemes for subsidy payments in respect of hill sheep and hill cattle

   2. 14. Recipients, and amounts, of subsidy payments

   3. 15. Supplementary provisions as to hill sheep and hill cattle schemes

   4. 16. Provisions as to imported sheep and cattle

   5. 17. Variation of hill sheep and lull cattle scheme and orders connected therewith

4. Control of Rams (England and Wales)

   1. 18. Control of rams in England and Wales

   2. 19. Penalties for offences in connection with control of rams

5. Burning of Heather and Grass (England and Wales)

   1. 20. Power to regulate heather and grass burning in England and Wales

   2. 21. Avoidance or relaxation of covenants against heather and grass burning in England and Wales

6. Muirburn (Scotland)

   1. 22. Repeal of 16 and 17 Geo. 5. c. 30

   2. 23. Prohibition of muirburn at certain times

   3. 24. Right of tenant to make muirburn notwithstanding terms of lease

   4. 25. Regulation of muirburn

   5. 26. Notices as to muirburn

   6. 27. Offences as to muirburn

7. Valuation of Sheep Stocks (Scotland)

   1. 28. Rules as to valuation of sheep stocks

   2. 29. Valuation by Land Court of sheep stocks

   3. 30. Production of documents for purposes of valuation of sheep stocks

   4. 31. Construction and citation of ss. 27 to 29

8. General

   1. 32. Advisory committees

   2. 33. Local committees

   3. 34. Power to enter on and inspect land

   4. 35. Recovery of sums by Ministers

   5. 36. Expenses of, and disposal of sums accruing to, Ministers

   6. 37. Provisions as to laying before Parliament of instruments made under this Act

   7. 38. Interpretation

   8. 39. Provisions as to Scotland

   9. 40. Application to Northern" Ireland

   10. 41. Short title

9. SCHEDULES

   1. FIRST SCHEDULE

      Improvements which may be included in schemes for rehabilitation of hill farming land

      1. 1. Erection, alteration, enlargement or reconditioning of farm buildings.

      2. 2. Alteration, enlargement or reconditioning of farm houses.

      3. 3. Erection, improvement or reconditioning of cottages attached, or to be...

      4. 4. Making or improvement of roads or bridges.

      5. 5. Making or improvement of watercourses, ponds or wells or of...

      6. 6. Execution of works for or in connection with the supply...

      7. 7. Provision of accommodation for the dipping or treatment of sheep...

      8. 8. Provision of pens and other equipment for use for or...

      9. 9. Formation of silos.

      10. 10. Making or removal of permanent fences.

      11. 11. Restoration of permanent fences.

      12. 12. Provision of grids designed or adapted to prevent the passage...

      13. 13. Drainage.

      14. 14. Reclaiming of waste land.

      15. 15. Establishment of shelter belts.

      16. 16. Liming of land.

      17. 17. Application to land of purchased artificial or other purchased manure....

      18. 18. Laying down of permanent pasture.

      19. 19. Reseeding and regeneration of grazings and other cultural operations.

      20. 20. Removal of bracken, whins, gorse, bushes, scrub, stumps, roots or...

      21. 21. Burning heather or grass or making muirburn.

      22. 22. Provision of machinery and implements.

      23. 23. Pest destruction.

   2. SECOND SCHEDULE

      Provisions as to valuation of sheep stocks in Scotland

      1. PART I

         1. Provisions as to a valuation made in respect of a tenancy terminating at Whitsunday

            1. 1. The Land Court or the arbiter (in Part I and...

            2. 2. The valuer shall calculate' an average price per ewe, and...

            3. 3. The valuer shall then ascertain the mean of the average...

            4. 4. In the case of any sheep stock in which the...

            5. 5. The three year average price for ewes shall be subject...

            6. 6. In making his award the valuer shall value the respective...

      2. PART II

         1. Provisions as to a valuation made in respect of a tenancy terminating at Martinmas

            1. 1. The valuer shall ascertain the number of, and the prices...

            2. 2. The mean of the average prices so calculated -shall be...

            3. 3. In making his award the valuer shall assess the respective...

      3. PART III

         1. Particulars required to be shown in an arbiter's award

            1. 1. The three year average price for ewes and the three...

            2. 2. Any amount added or taken away by way of adjustment...

            3. 3. The number of each class of stock valued (ewes and...

            4. 4. Any amount added or taken away by way of adjustment...

      4. PART IV

         1. Interpretation