Livestock Industry Act 1937

Livestock Industry Act 1937
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
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.
Citation	1 Edw. 8. & 1 Geo. 6. c. 50
Dates
Royal assent	20 July 1937
Other legislation
Repealed by	Agriculture Act 1957
Status: Repealed

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 proposal intended to stabilize domestic production and beef prices through quota regulation of foreign beef importation.^[2] The Act imposed a subsidy measure through tariffs levied on foreign beef, which favoured Australian and New Zealand producers.^[2]

The Act was repealed in its entirety by the Agriculture Act 1957.^[3]

External links

Information about the Act on Parliament's website

References

^ "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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[hansard-assent-1] "HC Deb 20 July 1937 vol 326 cc2053-4". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

[farev-2] Foreign Agriculture: A Review of Foreign Farm Policy (9-10 ed.). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. 1945. p. 23.

[repeal-3] "Agriculture Act 1957, Fourth Schedule".

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