Agriculture Act, 1931

Application of Article 12 of the Schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898.

34.—Every committee of agriculture for a county shall for the purposes of Article 12 of the Schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898, be deemed to be a committee of the council of such county and the said Article shall apply to committees of agriculture and their members accordingly subject to the modification that notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph (e) of sub-article (4) of the said Article 12, a person shall not, if otherwise qualified, be disqualified from being elected or chosen or being a member of any committee (other than a committee of agriculture) or joint committee wholly or partly appointed by the council of a county or by a board of health by reason of his having by himself or his partner received or contracted to receive any benefit or advantage offered to the public for the purposes of agriculture and other rural industries by a committee of agriculture in pursuance of an agricultural scheme administered by such committee.