The Agriculture Act 1967 (Amendment) Regulations 1978

• Citation: S.I. 1978/244
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These regulations may be cited as the Agriculture Act 1967 (Amendment) Regulations 1978 and shall come into operation on the 1st April 1978.

(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of these regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

Section 2 Amendment of Act

The Agriculture Act 1967 shall be amended as follows:—

(1) in subsection (7)(a) of section 51 (schemes for co-ordinated amalgamations and reshaping of agricultural units in area of a Rural Development Board), for the word “acreage” in each place where the same occurs there shall be substituted the word “area” ;

(2) in subsection (2)(d) of section 52 (control of afforestation in area of a Rural Development Board), for the words “ten acres” in each place where the same occur there shall be substituted the words “four hectares” .