Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911
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4 Constitution of Board of Agriculture for Scotland.
(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) The Board shall be charged with the general duty of promoting the interests of agriculture, . . . , and other rural industries in Scotland, and shall also exercise and perform any powers and duties which are or may be conferred on or transferred to them under the provisions of this Act. In the discharge of their duties they shall comply with such instructions or regulations as may from time to time be issued by the Secretary of Scotland, and they shall submit an annual report of their proceedings to him, which report shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament. (3) The Board may undertake the collection and preparation of statistics relating to agriculture, . . . , and other rural industries, and may make or aid in making such inquiries, experiments, and research, and collect or aid in collecting such information relating thereto as they think advisable. (4) It shall be the duty of the Board to promote, aid, and develop instruction in agriculture, . . . , and other rural industries. (5) The Board shall take such steps as they think proper for the promotion and development of agricultural organisation and co-operation. (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) The Secretary for Scotland shall from time to time appoint a fit person to act as secretary to the Board. (8) The members of the Board shall hold office during His Majesty’s pleasure. There shall be employed in the Department such officers, clerks and other persons as the Secretary of State, with the sanction of the Treasury, may appoint. (9) The members of the Board and other persons appointed or employed under this section shall respectively receive such salary or remuneration as the Treasury may sanction, and all such salaries or remuneration and the expenses of the Board incurred in the execution of their duties, to such amount as may be sanctioned by the Treasury, shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament. (10) The Board shall submit such estimates and keep such accounts of their receipts and expenditure, and their accounts shall be audited, in accordance with such regulations as the Treasury may direct. (11) The powers and duties of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries exerciseable in or in relation to Scotland, under the enactments specified in the First Schedule to this Act or under any local Act, shall be transferred to the Board, or, in the case of the powers and duties of any officer, to such officer of the Board as the Board nominate for the purpose. (12) Subject as herein-after provided, it shall be lawful for His Majesty in Council by Order, made after consultation with the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Secretary for Scotland and with the consent of the Treasury, to transfer to the Board any powers and duties of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries exerciseable in or in relation to Scotland which are not transferred by this Act and to make any adjustment consequential on any transfer by or under this section, and to provide for any matter necessary or proper for giving full effect to any such transfer. (13) Before any such Order is made, the draft thereof shall be laid before each House of Parliament for not less than two months while Parliament is sitting, and, if either House, before the expiration of such period of two months, presents an address to His Majesty against the draft or any part thereof, no further proceedings shall be taken thereon, without prejudice to the making of any new draft order. (14) Nothing in this section shall transfer or authorise the transfer of . . . any powers or duties exercisable under the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, or any enactment amending or extending the same.
4 Constitution of Board of Agriculture for Scotland.
(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) The Board shall be charged with the general duty of promoting the interests of agriculture, . . . , and other rural industries in Scotland, and shall also exercise and perform any powers and duties which are or may be conferred on or transferred to them under the provisions of this Act. In the discharge of their duties they shall comply with such instructions or regulations as may from time to time be issued by the Secretary of Scotland, and they shall submit an annual report of their proceedings to him, which report shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament. (3) The Board may undertake the collection and preparation of statistics relating to agriculture, . . . , and other rural industries, and may make or aid in making such inquiries, experiments, and research, and collect or aid in collecting such information relating thereto as they think advisable. (4) It shall be the duty of the Board to promote, aid, and develop instruction in agriculture, . . . , and other rural industries. (5) The Board shall take such steps as they think proper for the promotion and development of agricultural organisation and co-operation. (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) The Secretary for Scotland shall from time to time appoint a fit person to act as secretary to the Board. (8) The members of the Board shall hold office during His Majesty’s pleasure. There shall be employed in the Department such officers, clerks and other persons as the Secretary of State, with the sanction of the Treasury, may appoint. (9) The members of the Board and other persons appointed or employed under this section shall respectively receive such salary or remuneration as the Treasury may sanction, and all such salaries or remuneration and the expenses of the Board incurred in the execution of their duties, to such amount as may be sanctioned by the Treasury, shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament. (10) The Board shall submit such estimates and keep such accounts of their receipts and expenditure, and their accounts shall be audited, in accordance with such regulations as the Treasury may direct. (11) The powers and duties of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries exerciseable in or in relation to Scotland, under the enactments specified in the First Schedule to this Act or under any local Act, shall be transferred to the Board, or, in the case of the powers and duties of any officer, to such officer of the Board as the Board nominate for the purpose. (12) Subject as herein-after provided, it shall be lawful for His Majesty in Council by Order, made after consultation with the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Secretary for Scotland and with the consent of the Treasury, to transfer to the Board any powers and duties of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries exerciseable in or in relation to Scotland which are not transferred by this Act and to make any adjustment consequential on any transfer by or under this section, and to provide for any matter necessary or proper for giving full effect to any such transfer. (13) Before any such Order is made, the draft thereof shall be laid before each House of Parliament for not less than two months while Parliament is sitting, and, if either House, before the expiration of such period of two months, presents an address to His Majesty against the draft or any part thereof, no further proceedings shall be taken thereon, without prejudice to the making of any new draft order. (14) Nothing in this section shall transfer or authorise the transfer of . . . any powers or duties exercisable under the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, or any enactment amending or extending the same.
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