The Livestock Industry Act 1937 was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 20 July of that year.[1] The Act was part of a comprehensive proposal for the stabilization of domestic production and prices of beef and regulation by quota of foreign beef importation.[2] A subsidy measure was imposed by tariff levied on foreign beef, while Australian and New Zealand producers were favoured.[2]
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to make provision for the development and better organisation of the livestock industry and industries connected therewith; for paying a subsidy to producers of fat cattle; for regulating the importation of livestock and meat, the holding of livestock markets and the slaughtering of livestock; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. |
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| Citation | 1 Edw. 8. & 1 Geo. 6. c. 50 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 20 July 1937 |
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| Repealed by | Agriculture Act 1957 |
Status: Repealed | |
The Act was repealed in its entirety by the Agriculture Act 1957.[3]
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- ^ "HC Deb 20 July 1937 vol 326 cc2053-4". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ a b Foreign Agriculture: A Review of Foreign Farm Policy (9-10 ed.). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. 1945. p. 23.
- ^ "Agriculture Act 1957, Fourth Schedule".
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