| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1976 c. 55 |
| Year | 1976 |
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .devising, formulating and promoting proficiency tests in crafts related to agriculture in England and Wales, formulating standards for those tests, and revising those tests and standards from time to time;co-ordinating the activities of bodies carrying out such proficiency tests in England or Wales, and monitoring the methods and standards of such bodies in carrying out those tests; andmaking and maintaining arrangements for obtaining and evaluating data about the use and results of such proficiency tests in England and Wales (2) The Minister may with the approval of the Treasury make payments by way of grant to any body to which this section applies for use in or towards meeting expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the body for or in connection with any purpose mentioned in subsection (1) above.(3) A payment under this section may be made on such conditions as the Minister thinks fit to impose, including conditions for restricting the purposes for which it can be used.that the payment or any part of it has not been used for the purpose for which it was made; orthat, as regards the payment or any part of it, any condition on which the payment was made has not been complied with in a material respect,(5) In this section “agriculture” includes horticulture and forestry.(1) This section shall have effect for the purpose of facilitating the production of seedless hops.such organisations as appear to him appropriate as representing persons carrying on in the area the business of producing hops; andsuch persons as are known to him to be carrying on that business in the area,such organisations as appear to him appropriate as representing persons carrying on in the relevant area the business of producing hops; andsuch persons as are known to him to be carrying on that business in the relevant area,where a draft of the order may be inspected and copies obtained; andthe time (not being less than twenty-eight days from the publication of the notice) within which and the manner in which objections to the proposed order can be made;(5) An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.(6) If male hop plants are growing on any land within an area where this section is in force, the Minister may serve a notice on the occupier of the land (or, in the case of unoccupied land, on the person entitled to occupy it) requiring him to take within such time as may be specified in the notice such steps for the removal, treatment or destruction of those plants as may be so specified for the purpose of preventing those plants from becoming or remaining an actual or potential cause of pollination in female hop plants in the area.(7) If the person served with a notice under this section does not comply with any requirement in the notice, the Minister may enter and do what that person has failed to do, and may recover from him a sum equal to the reasonable cost incurred by the Minister in taking any action under this subsection.(8) Without prejudice to the power of proceeding under the preceding subsection, a person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with any requirement in a notice under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F2level 3 on the standard scale.(9) A person duly authorised by the Minister may, on production if so required of his authority, at all reasonable hours enter on any land (but not into any dwellinghouse) in an area where this section is in force for the purpose of ascertaining whether male hop plants are growing on the land or whether the requirements of a notice under this section relating to male hop plants on that land have been complied with.(10) A notice under this section may be served by leaving it at, or sending it by post addressed to, the last known address of the person on whom it is to be served, and if it is not practicable after reasonable inquiry to ascertain his name and address, the
