What UK Agriculture Act 1986 (c. 49): Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Conservation Duty and Milk Quota Compensation requires
The Agriculture Act 1986 (c. 49) is a United Kingdom statute notable for introducing the first statutory agri-environment scheme and a conservation duty into agricultural policy, administered by the responsible Minister and the Secretary of State. Its agricultural services provisions allow the provision of services and goods connected with agriculture and the countryside, and its fees and charges provisions cover seeds regulations and Plant Health Act 1967 fees. Its agricultural marketing provisions deal with the Home-Grown Cereals Authority, levies under the Cereals Marketing Act 1965, the Meat and Livestock Commission, Food from Britain, and the abolition of the Eggs Authority. The Act's milk quota provisions give outgoing agricultural tenants a right to compensation for milk quota on the termination of a tenancy and provide for the resolution of milk quota questions in rent arbitrations, with detailed rules in the Schedules. Its conservation provisions impose on the Minister a duty, in discharging functions relating to agriculture, to have regard to and balance the promotion of a stable and efficient agriculture industry, the economic and social interests of rural areas, the conservation of the natural beauty and amenity of the countryside, and the promotion of public enjoyment of the countryside, and they empower the designation of environmentally sensitive areas in which payments support environmentally beneficial farming. The Act is a foundational statute in United Kingdom agri-environment law.
Pillar: Agriculture & Agritech · Authority: UK Parliament / Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/49/contents
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- Agriculture Act 1986, s 1 - provision of services and goods connected with agriculture and the countryside.
- Agriculture Act 1986, s 2 - fees in connection with seeds regulations.
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