The Home-Grown Cereals Authority (Rate of Levy) Order 1987

Made9th July 1987

Laid before Parliament10th July 1987

Coming into force1st August 1987

Whereas the Home-Grown Cereals Authority (hereinafter referred to as “the Authority”), established by section 1 of the Cereals Marketing Act 19651 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”), prepared and submitted to the Ministers hereinafter named, pursuant to section 13(1)(a) of the Act, an estimate of the amount required to be raised by levy imposed on persons specified in the Home-Grown Cereals Authority Levy Scheme 19872 (hereinafter referred to as “the Scheme”) for the period of twelve months beginning with 1st August 1987 (hereinafter referred to as “the relevant year”) for the purposes of the Authority’s functions under Part I of the Act;

And whereas pursuant to section 13(2) of the Act the Authority duly submitted to the Ministers with such estimate proposals as to the kinds of home-grown cereals in respect of which a levy should be imposed and as to the apportionment of the amount specified in the estimate as between those kinds of home-grown cereals;

And whereas pursuant to section 13(3) of the Act the Ministers have—

determined that the amount to be raised by levy for the relevant year for such purposes shall be £2,850,000 and have determined that the kinds of home-grown cereals in respect of which the levy is to be imposed for the relevant year shall be wheat (including durum wheat), barley, oats, rye, maize, triticale or any two or more of such cereals grown as one crop, and

apportioned the amount so determined as between those kinds of home-grown cereals so that the rates of levy on each kind of cereal are the same;

Now, therefore, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with agriculture in Scotland and Northern Ireland, and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13(3) and 23(1) of the Act and now vested in them3, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Title and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Home-Grown Cereals Authority (Rate of Levy) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st August 1987.

Interpretation2

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Scheme.

Rates of levy3

For the relevant year the rates of levy per tonne of cereals delivered, which appear to the Ministers to be sufficient (but not more than sufficient) to meet the amount apportioned to each kind of cereal, shall in each case be—

a

15 pence in respect of dealer levy,

b

15 pence in respect of grower levy, and

c

no pence in respect of processor levy.

In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 8th July 1987.

John MacGregorMinister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Sanderson of BowdenMinister of State, Scottish Office8th July 1987

Tom KingSecretary of State for Northern Ireland9th July 1987

Peter WalkerSecretary of State for Wales8th July 1987

(This note is not part of the Order)

For the purposes of financing the Home-Grown Cereals Authority’s non-trading functions under Part I of the Cereals Marketing Act 1965 for the year beginning 1st August 1987, this Order specifies the rates of dealer levy, grower levy and processor levy which appear to Ministers to be sufficient to meet the amounts apportioned to certain cereals grown in the United Kingdom namely, wheat (including durum wheat), barley, oats, rye, maize, triticale or any two or more of such cereals grown as one crop.

In the case of each of these kinds of cereals, the rates of dealer levy and grower levy are both 15 pence per tonne delivered. There is a nil rate of processor levy.

Levy will be imposed in accordance with the provisions of the Home-Grown Cereals Authority Levy Scheme 1987, a Scheme in force under section 16 of the Act.

The Order comes into force on 1st August 1987.