Agricultural Marketing Act 1958
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The Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 47) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to the marketing of agricultural products in the United Kingdom.[1]
Repealed enactments
Section 54(1) of the act repealed 11 enactments, listed in the fourth schedule to the act.[2]
| Citation | Short title | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|
| 21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. 42 | Agricultural Marketing Act 1931 | The whole act. |
| 23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 31 | Agricultural Marketing Act 1933 | The whole act except section twenty. |
| 24 Geo. 5. c. 1 | Agricultural Marketing (No. 2) Act 1933 | The whole act. |
| 24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 51 | Milk Act 1934 | The whole act except section ten. |
| 1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 66 | Milk (Amendment) Act 1937 | The whole act. |
| 2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 46 | Milk Industry Act 1939 | The whole act. |
| 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 29 | Agriculture (Artificial Insemination) Act 1946 | Section five. |
| 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 37 | Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1949 | Section six and in section fifteen, subsection (2). |
| 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 38 | Agricultural Marketing Act 1949 | The whole act. |
| 14 Geo. 6. c. 36 | Diseases of Animals Act 1950 | In section seventy-two, subsection (2). |
| 5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 57 | Agriculture Act 1957 | Section twenty-nine. |
Subsequent developments
The act has been amended on several occasions. The Fair Trading Act 1973 inserted section 19A, introducing provisions for investigation of complaints about the operation of agricultural marketing schemes.[3] The Agriculture Act 1986 substituted words in the act.[4] The Agriculture Act 1993 repealed Part I of the act in relation to milk in England and Wales and Scotland with effect from 1 November 1994, and in relation to potatoes with effect from 1 July 1997.[5] Words in section 45(6) were repealed by schedule 37, part 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.[6]