In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say,—
“the appropriate Minister” means, in relation to England, Wales or Northern Ireland or functions exercisable with respect to England, Wales or Northern Ireland, the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, and, in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State; and “the Ministers” means the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales
“hill farming land” and “hill farming purposes” have respectively the meanings assigned to them by section one of this Act.
(1) This Act shall, in its application to Scotland, have effect subject to the following modifications:—
(a)—(b); . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) in section thirty-five the word “summarily” and the words from “and a complaint” to the end of the section shall be omitted;
(f) unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say—
“lease” in relation to a common pasture of grazing includes regulations made or approved by the Land Court under the Small Landholders (Scotland) Acts, 1886 to 1931;
“making muirburn” includes setting fire to or burning any heath or muir; and
“tenant” means a tenant for agricultural or pastoral purposes, and, in the case of a common pasture or grazing, includes the committee appointed under the Small Landholders (Scotland) Acts, 1886 to 1931.
(2) The provisions of the Small Landholders (Scotland) Acts, 1886 to 1931, with regard to the Land Court shall, with any necessary modifications, apply for the purpose of the determination of any matter which they are required by or under this Act to determine, in like manner as those provisions apply for the purpose of the determination by the Land Court of matters referred to them under those Acts.
(1) This Act shall, in its application to Northern Ireland, have effect subject to the modifications specified in the succeeding provisions of this section.
(2) The burning of heather or grass shall not be treated as an improvement for the purposes of this Act.
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(5) For section eleven there shall be substituted the following section:—
11 The Settled Land Act, 1882, as amended by any subsequent enactment, shall have effect as if the improvements enumerated in section twenty-five thereof (being improvements on which capital trust money may be expended) included any operation which is to be treated as an improvement for the purposes of this Act, and which is of a kind prescribed by regulations made by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries as being of a permanent character.
(6) Section thirty-four shall have effect as if references therein to an officer of the appropriate Minister authorised as therein mentioned by general or special directions given by him included references to an officer of the Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland authorised to act under that section by general or special directions given by that Ministry on behalf of the appropriate Minister.
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FIRST SCHEDULE improvements which may be included in schemes for rehabilitation of hill farming land
Section 1.
1 Erection, alteration, enlargement or reconditioning of farm buildings.
2 Erection, Alteration, enlargement or reconditioning of farm houses.
3 Erection, improvement or reconditioning of cottages attached, or to be attached, to a farm
4 Making or improvement of roads or bridges and of piers, jetties or slips
5 Making or improvement of watercourses, ponds or wells or of works for the application of water power or for the supply of water for agricultural or domestic purposes.
6 Execution of works for or in connection with the supply of electricity for agricultural or domestic purposes.
7 Provision or improvement of accommodation for the dipping or treatment of sheep or cattle.
8 Provision or improvement of pens and other equipment for use for or in connection with the sheltering, gathering, marking, dipping or treatment of sheep or cattle.
9 Construction or improvement of silos
10 Making or removal of permanent fences.
11 Restoration or improvement of permanent fences.
12 Provision or improvement of grids designed or adapted to prevent the passage of sheep or cattle.
13 Drainage.
14 Reclaiming of waste land.
15 Establishment of shelter belts.
16 Liming of land.
17 Application to land of purchased artificial or other purchased manure.
18 Laying down of permanent pasture.
19 Reseeding and regeneration of grazings and other cultural operations.
20 Removal of bracken, whins, gorse, bushes, scrub, stumps, roots boulders or other like obstructions to cultivation
21 Burning heather or grass or making muirburn.
22 Provision of machinery and implements.
23 Pest destruction.