Livestock Industry Act 1937

United Kingdom legislation

Livestock Industry Act 1937Act 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Repealed by| Agriculture Act 1957

Status: Repealed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 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]

The Act was repealed in its entirety by the Agriculture Act 1957.[3]

## External links

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* Information about the Act on Parliament's website

## References

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1. ^ "HC Deb 20 July 1937 vol 326 cc2053-4". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ "Agriculture Act 1957, Fourth Schedule".

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