It shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen in Council from time to time by order to transfer to the Board of Agriculture such powers and duties of any Government Department as are conferred by or in pursuance of any statute, and appear to Her Majesty to relate to agriculture [F1the industry of fishing] . . . F2, and to be of an administrative character:
Provided that before any such order is made, the draft thereof shall be laid before each House of Parliament for not less than thirty days on which such House is sitting and if either of such Houses before the expiration of such thirty days presents an address to Her 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.
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Textual Amendments
F1Words added by Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1903 (c. 31), s. 1(3)
F2Words repealed by Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10), Sch. 7 Pt. I
F3Proviso repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1963 (c. 30)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 4 amended by Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1903 (c. 31), s. 2