Livestock_Industry_Act_1937

Livestock Industry Act 1937

Livestock Industry Act 1937

United Kingdom legislation

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]

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The Act was repealed in its entirety by the Agriculture Act 1957.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "HC Deb 20 July 1937 vol 326 cc2053-4". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  2. [2]
    Foreign Agriculture: A Review of Foreign Farm Policy (9-10 ed.). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. 1945. p. 23.
  3. [3]
    "Agriculture Act 1957, Fourth Schedule".


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