The Sugar Beet (Research and Education) Order 1998

Title, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order, which extends to England and Wales only, may be cited as the Sugar Beet (Research and Education) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.

(2) In this Order—

• “adjusted beet tonne” has the same meaning as in the interprofessional agreement made on 3rd October 1983, as re-issued (with amendments) in June 1995, between British Sugar p.l.c. of the one part and the National Farmers' Union of the other part;

• “the Ministers” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, acting jointly;

• “processor” means a processor of home-grown beet;

• “the programme” means the programme set out in the Schedule to this Order; and

• “the year 1998–99” means the year beginning 1st April 1998.

Carrying into effect of the programme of research and education for 1998–99

2.  For the purposes of carrying the programme into effect, contributions towards defraying the amount of expenditure, estimated in the programme to be incurred in carrying it out, to be made by every processor and by every grower of home-grown beet who delivers beet to a processor in the year 1998–99, shall be assessed and shall be collected and recovered as respectively provided in articles 3 and 4 below.

Assessment of contributions

3.  The contributions from every processor and from every grower of home grown beet who delivers beet to a processor during the year 1998–99, towards defraying the expenditure to be incurred in carrying out the programme for that year, shall be assessed as follows:—

(a) in the case of any grower of home-grown beet, the contribution shall be at the rate of 12.0p for every adjusted beet tonne of home-grown beet sold by him for delivery to a processor in that year;

(b) in the case of any processor, the contribution shall be at the rate of 12.0p for every adjusted beet tonne of home-grown beet purchased by the processor in that year.

Collection and recovery of contributions

4.—(1) All contracts made between any processor and any grower for the sale of home-grown beet for delivery to the processor during the year 1998–99 shall provide that the amount of the grower’s contribution assessed in accordance with paragraph (a) of article 3 of this Order shall be payable by the grower to the processor out of any sums standing to the credit of that grower in account with the processor and be deducted by the processor from the amount payable to the grower.

(2) The processor shall pay the proceeds, together with the amount of the processor’s contribution assessed in accordance with paragraph (b) of article 3 of this Order, to the Ministers on or before 30th April 1999.

(3) The amount of any contribution which has not been paid to the Ministers by the date on which it has become due for payment shall be recoverable by them.

Donoughue

Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

18th February 1998

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Win Griffiths

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

27th February 1998