1990 No. 1641
SEA FISHERIES
The Sea Fish Industry Authority (Levy Powers) Order 1990
Made 1st August 1990
Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with the sea fish industry in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 4(7) and 14(1) of the Fisheries Act 1981 and of all their other enabling powers, hereby make the following Order, of which a draft has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament:
1981 c. 29; section 14(1) contains a definition of “the Ministers” for the purposes of section 4.

1 Title and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Sea Fish Industry Authority (Levy Powers) Order 1990 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made.

2 Increase in maximum levy rates under section 4 of the Fisheries Act 1981
The rate per kilogram specified in subsections (3)(a) and (4) of section 4 of the Fisheries Act 1981 (levies) is hereby increased from “0.8p” to “2p”.
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 23rd July 1990.
John Selwyn Gummer Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sanderson of Bowden Minister of State, Scottish Office 23rd July 1990
David Hunt Secretary of State for Wales 23rd July 1990
Peter Brooke Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1stAugust1990

(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 4 of the Fisheries Act 1981 enables the Sea Fish Industry Authority (“the Authority”) by regulations confirmed by order to impose a levy on persons engaged in the sea fish industry. This Order amends the maximum rate at which the levy may be imposed in respect of the weight of sea fish or sea fish products landed in the United Kingdom or trans-shipped within British fishery limits. The rate is increased from 0.8p per kilogram to 2p per kilogram in the case of sea fish. In relation to any sea fish product the rate must be such that its yield will not in the opinion of the Authority exceed the yield from a levy at the rate of 2p per kilogram (previously 0.8p per kilogram) on the sea fish required on average (whether alone or together with any other substance or article) to produce a kilogram of that product.