Food Act 1984

69Crop price

(1)If as regards the home-grown beet crop for any year it is made to appear to the Ministers—

(a)by the processors of home-grown beet, or

(b)by a body which is in their opinion substantially representative of the growers of home-grown beet,

that the processors and that body are unable to agree on the prices and other terms and conditions for the purchase of homegrown beet by the processors, the Ministers may determine or designate a person to determine those prices, terms and conditions.

(2)Any purchase by processors for which prices, terms and conditions have been so determined, or contract for such a purchase, shall take effect as a purchase or contract for purchase at those prices and on those terms and conditions.

(3)In this section "home-grown beet" means sugar beet grown in Great Britain ; and " the Ministers " means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly.