Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1944

Disqualification for membership of committees of agriculture.

3.—(1) Article 12 (except sub-article (9)) of the Schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898, as amended by any subsequent enactment, shall apply to committees of agriculture and their members in like manner as it applies to councils of counties and their members.

(2) A person shall be disqualified for being elected or chosen or being a member of a committee of agriculture if he is concerned by himself or his partner in any bargain or contract entered into with such committee or participates by himself or his partner in the profit of any such bargain or contract or of any work done under the authority of such committee.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2) of this section, a person shall not be disqualified for being elected or chosen or being a member of a committee of agriculture—

(a) by reason of his having by himself or his partner received or contracted to receive any benefits or advantages offered in pursuance of agricultural schemes administered by such committee, if the consent of the Minister to members of committees of agriculture receiving such benefits or advantages has been given, or

(b) by reason of being, by himself or his partner interested—

(i) in any newspaper in which an advertisement relating to the affairs of such committee is inserted, or

(ii) in any contract with such committee as a shareholder in any joint stock company.

(4) section 34 of the Principal Act is hereby repealed.