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Horticultural Products (Emergency Customs Duties) Act 1931

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The Horticultural Products (Emergency Customs Duties) Act 1931 (22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 3) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in late 1931 which gave the Minister of Agriculture the power to impose or raise import duties on fresh fruits, flowers and vegetables.[1]

Long titleAn Act to make provision for the imposition of duties of Customs on certain descriptions of fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, flowers, bulbs, plants and foliage, and for purposes connected therewith.
Territorial extentUnited Kingdom[b]
Royal assent11 December 1931
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Horticultural Products (Emergency Customs Duties) Act 1931[a]
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Long titleAn Act to make provision for the imposition of duties of Customs on certain descriptions of fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, flowers, bulbs, plants and foliage, and for purposes connected therewith.
Citation22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 3
Territorial extent United Kingdom[b]
Dates
Royal assent11 December 1931
Commencement11 December 1931[c]
Expired11 December 1932[d]
Repealed23 May 1950
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1950
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Status: Repealed
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Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 6), which came into force on 23 May 1950.[2]

Notes

  1. Section 6(1).
  2. Section 6(2).
  3. Section 6(3).

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