The Potato Marketing Scheme (Amendment) Order 1994

Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 2404

AGRICULTURE

The Potato Marketing Scheme (Amendment) Order 1994

Made

7 September 1994

Coming into force

8 September 1994

Whereas the Potato Marketing Board duly submitted to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales (hereinafter called “the Ministers”) certain amendments of the Potato Marketing Scheme(1), in accordance with sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) of paragraph 1 of the First Schedule to the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958(2) (hereinafter called “the 1958 Act”);

And whereas the Ministers caused notice of those amendments to be published in accordance with section 2(1) of the 1958 Act as applied to amendments by paragraph 1(4) of the First Schedule thereto;

And whereas the Ministers proposed to modify those amendments;

And whereas the Ministers gave notice of their proposed modifications to the Potato Marketing Board;

And whereas the Potato Marketing Board, within four weeks after that notice had been so given, notified the Ministers that they assented to those modifications;

And whereas the Ministers are satisfied that those amendments as so modified will conduce to the more efficient operation of the Potato Marketing Scheme;

And whereas those amendments as so modified are set out in the Schedule hereto;

Now, therefore, the Ministers, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 1958 Act, and now vested in them(3), hereby make the following Order:

(1)

Approved by S.I. 1955/690, amended by S.I. 1962/883, 1971/711, 1976/133, 1985/312, 1987/282 and 1990/1626.

(2)

1958 c. 47.

(3)

In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales, by virtue of S.I. 1969/388 and 1978/272.