The Agriculture Act 1947 (Amendment) Regulations 1978

• Citation: S.I. 1978/446
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These regulations may be cited as the Agriculture Act 1947 (Amendment) Regulations 1978 and shall come into operation on 19th 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 1947 shall be amended as follows:—

(1) in section 109(3) (interpretation), in the definition of “allotment garden” , for the words “forty poles” there shall be substituted the words “0.10 hectare” ;

(2) in paragraph 3(1)(b) of Schedule 2 (assessment of compensation where land ploughed up in pursuance of a direction), for the word “acre” in each place where the same occurs there shall be substituted the word “hectare” .