HC Deb 17 January 1967 vol 739 c362
Mr. John Mackie

I beg to move Amendment No. 81, in page 77, line 23, to leave out from the beginning to '(penalty ' and to insert: (1) In the application in Northern Ireland of section (I)(d) of the Agriculture Act 1957 (powers of entry in connection with uaranteed prices) and any order made thereunder before the coming into force of this section. references to authorised officers of the Minister shall include references to authorised officers of the Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland. (2) In section 7(3)(b) of that Act. I explained to the House, in moving Amendment No. 21, that it is necessary to provide specifically that authorised officers of the Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland may exercise powers of entry for purposes of supervision of the calf subsidy in Northern Ireland. The object of this Amendment is to ensure that officials of that Ministry also have powers of entry for the purpose of protecting the price guarantee arrangements generally. It is simply a matter of ensuring that these officials have the same powers of entry as officials of United Kingdom Ministries.

Amendment agreed to.