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The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Order 2007

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Levy on buyers of potatoes

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24.—(1) Any person who buys 1,000 or more tonnes of potatoes grown in Great Britain (excluding seed potatoes) in any year ending 30th June must pay a levy based on the weight of potatoes bought.

(2) This paragraph does not apply to—

(a)a person buying potatoes to sell by retail; or

(b)a caterer,

unless he buys directly from the grower.

(3) This paragraph does not apply to a co-operative when it is buying potatoes from its members (but it does apply when it is buying potatoes from persons other than its members); and for these purposes a co-operative is a business carried on by a group of potato growers that stores, prepares for market or markets potatoes grown by its members.

(4) The maximum levy is £0.25 per tonne.

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