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(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.
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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”.
In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 17th February 1978.
John Silkin
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Bruce Millan
Secretary of State for Scotland
20th February 1978John Morris
Secretary of State for Wales
21st February 1978