(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order dissolves the Scottish Milk Marketing Board (“the Board”) on 15th December 2003.
The Board was originally constituted by the Scottish Milk Marketing Scheme (Approval) Order 1933 (S. R. & O. 1933/479), which was consolidated by the Scottish Milk Marketing Scheme (Consolidation) Approval Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1806) (“the Scheme”). The Scheme was revoked by section 1 of the Agriculture Act 1993 (“the Act”) as read with the Milk Marketing Schemes (Substitution of Date of Revocation) (Scotland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/685) and the Milk Marketing Schemes (Certification of Revocation) (Scotland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2900).
By virtue of section 13 of the Act, the Board was not deemed to be dissolved by reason of the revocation of the Scheme and continued to exist in residuary form. The residuary Board has now carried out the functions that remained to it (being confined to those set out in the Scottish Milk Marketing Board (Residual Functions) Regulations 1994, S.I. 1994/7900), and has given notice to the Scottish Ministers that it has wound up its affairs.