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THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE (IN THIS ACT REFERRED TO AS ""THE MINISTER'') SHALL ESTABLISH A GENERAL AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ADVISE HIM ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS ACT, TOGETHER WITH SUCH OTHER AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES AS THE MINISTER MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK NECESSARY TO ADVISE HIM ON SUCH OTHER MATTERS, INCLUDING AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIVESTOCK, AS HE MAY THINK PROPER. B>(2) THE MINISTER SHALL CONSULT SUCH ORGANISATION AS APPEARS TO HIM TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF FARMERS BEFORE APPOINTING THE GENERAL AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AFORESAID, AND SHALL APPOINT AS MEMBERS OF OTHER AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES SUCH PERSONS AS APPEAR TO HIM, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH SUCH ORGANISATION AND WITH THE INTERESTS CONCERNED, TO BE BEST QUALIFIED TO ADVISE ON THE MATTERS TO BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEES. 6 EDUCATION AND RESEARCH - SECT 43 

Interpretation.

43.(1) In this Act unless the contrary intention appears the following
expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them, that is to say:

"Act of 1899" means the
Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act, 1899;

"Act of 1919" means the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1919;

"Act of 1939" means the Agriculture (Emergency Provisions) Act (Northern
Ireland), 1939;

"agricultural land" means land used for agriculture, which is so used for the
purposes of a trade or business, or which is designated by the Ministry for
the purposes of this Act, and includes any land so designated as land which in
the opinion of the Ministry ought to be brought into use for agriculture, but
no such designation shall extend to any land

(a)used as pleasure grounds, private gardens or allotment gardens; or

(b)kept or preserved mainly or exclusively for the purposes of sport or
recreation, except where the Ministry is satisfied that its use for
agriculture would not be inconsistent with its use for the said purposes and
so states in the designation;

"agriculture" includes, without prejudice to any other provision of this Act,
horticulture, fruit growing, seed growing, dairy farming and livestock
breeding and keeping, the use of land as grazing land, meadow land, market
gardens and nursery grounds, and the use of land for woodlands where that use
is ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes, and
"agricultural" shall be construed accordingly;

"allotment garden" means an allotment not exceeding [0.10 hectare] in extent
which is wholly or mainly cultivated by the occupier for the production of
vegetables or fruit for consumption by himself or his family;

"civil servant" and "civil service" have the same meanings as in the
Superannuation Acts;

"county" shall not include a county borough; and references to the council of
a county shall be construed accordingly;

"enactment" includes any provision in any Act (whether public general, local
or private) of the Parliament of Northern Ireland or of the Parliament of the
United Kingdom and a provision in any Order in Council, order, regulation,
rule, bye-law, scheme or other instrument made under any such Act;

Definition rep. by 1951 c.3 (NI) s.11(2) sch.2

"estate or interest" includes the estate or interest of a mortgagee whether
legal or equitable and a right secured by the deposit of a land certificate or
other documents of title;

"functions" includes powers and duties;

"hill farming land" has the same meaning as in section one of the Hill Farming
Act, 1946;

"livestock" includes any animal kept for the production of food, wool, skins
or fur or for the purpose of its use in the farming of land;

"pasture" includes meadow;

"perform" includes exercise;

"plant" includes fungus;

"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the Ministry;

"produced" means anything (whether alive or dead) produced in the course of
agriculture; and "production" shall be construed accordingly;

"relevant circumstances" in relation to any land includes all circumstances
affecting the farming thereof other than circumstances personal to the owner
or occupier thereof;

"statutory period" means...

definition in 1954 c.33 (NI) s.41(2) substituted by 1979 NI12 art.10

"Superannuation Acts" means the Superannuation Acts (Northern Ireland), 1921
to 1947.

(2) References in this Act to the farming of land include references to the
carrying on in relation to the land of any agricultural activity.

Subs.(3)(4) rep. by 1954 c.33 (NI) s.48(1) sch.

S.44 with Third Schedule, effects repeals

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