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An Act to provide for the greater uniformity in the weights and measures used in the sale of corn and other crops, to amend the Corn Returns Act, 1882, and for purposes connected therewith.
[17th August 1921]
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C1Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
C2A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurate
C3Certain functions of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food transferred by S.I. 1978/272, art. 2
Act: Functions of a Minister of the Crown transferred to the National Assembly for Wales (W.) (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1
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The M1Corn Returns Act, 1882, shall be amended as follows:—
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(2)For section eight (which relates to the computing of corn according to the bushel) the following section shall be substituted:—
(3)In subsection (6) of section nine (which relates to the computation and publication of averages) . . . F3for the words “imperial bushel” there shall be substituted the words “hundredweight of one hundred and twelve imperial standard pounds”
In the returns made in pursuance of this Act each sort of British corn shall be computed with reference to the hundredweight of one hundred and twelve imperial standard pounds.”
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F3Words repealed by Tithe Act 1936 (c. 43), Sch. 9
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C4The text of s.2(2) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
C5The text of s.2(3) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect, except as specified, any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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F4S. 3 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6 c. 6)
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F5S.4 repealed by Agriculture Act 1970 (c. 40), Sch. 5 Pt. IV
(1)Where under the provisions of any Act or award or other instrument any payments are to be calculated on the price or value of an imperial bushel of wheat, barley, or oats, those provisions shall have effect as if the payment were to be calculated on the price or value of [F627.215 542 2 kilograms]of wheat, [F622.679 618 5 kilograms]of barley, or [F617.690 102 43 kilograms]of oats, as the case may be.
(2)Where under the provisions of any Act or award or other instrument any payments are to be calculated on the price or value of any measure of wheat, barley, or oats other than the imperial bushel, the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, or, as regards Scotland, the Board of Agriculture for Scotland, may certify what number of [F7kilograms]ought, having regard to the foregoing provisions of this section, to be substituted for that other measure, and thereupon those provisions shall have effect as if the payment were to be calculated on the price or value of the number of [F7kilograms] so certified.
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F6Words substituted by S.I. 1979/357, reg. 2(a)
F7Words substituted by S.I. 1979/357, reg. 2(b)
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C6Style and title of Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries now changed to Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200)
C7Functions of Board of Agriculture for Scotland now exercisable by Secretary of State: Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1928 (c. 34), s. 1 and Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1939 (c. 20), s. 1
S. 5(2): Functions of the Secretary of State, the Secretary fo State for Scotland or the Secretary of State for Wales transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (27.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/3141, arts. 2(1)(5), 3, Sch.
In this Act the expression “corn” shall, where the context permits, include wheat, barley, oats, rye, maize and the meal and bran derived therefrom, and any mixture thereof, and this Act shall apply to dried peas, dried beans, linseed and potatoes, and to the seed of grass, clover, vetches, swedes, field turnips, rape, field cabbages, field kale, field kohl-rabi, mangels, beet and sugarbeet, flax, and sainfoin in like manner as it applies to corn.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Corn Sales Act, 1921.
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