Statutory Instruments
SUGAR
Made
25th February 1992
Laid before Parliament
11th March 1992
Coming into force
1st April 1992
Whereas in accordance with subsection (1) of section 68 of the Food Act 1984(1) the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State acting jointly (“the Ministers”), after consultation with the processors of home-grown beet (“the processors”) and such bodies as in their opinion are substantially representative of growers of home-grown beet, have prepared for the year beginning 1st April 1992 (“the year 1992—93”) the programme set out in the Schedule below (“the programme”) for carrying out research and education in matters affecting the growing of home-grown beet;
Now, therefore, the Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
1.—(1) This Order, which extends to England and Wales only, may be cited as the Sugar Beet (Research and Education) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st April 1992.
(2) In this Order “adjusted beet tonne” has the same meaning as in the interprofessional agreement made on 3rd October 1983, as amended on 1st March 1984 and on 1st November 1987, between British Sugar p.l.c. of the one part and the National Farmers' Union of the other part.
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 the processors and by every grower of home-grown beet who delivers beet to the processors in the year 1992—93, shall be assessed and shall be collected and recovered as respectively provided in articles 3 and 4 below.
3. The contributions from the processors and from every grower of home-grown beet who delivers beet to the processors during the year 1992—93, 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 11.0p for every adjusted beet tonne of home-grown beet sold by him for delivery to the processors in that year;
(b)in the case of the processors, the contribution shall be at the rate of 11.0p for every adjusted beet tonne of home-grown beet purchased by the processors in that year.
4.—(1) All contracts made between the processors and any grower for the sale of home-grown beet for delivery to the processors during the year 1992—93 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 processors out of any sums standing to the credit of that grower in account with the processors and be deducted by the processors from the amount payable to the grower.
(2) The processors 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 1993.
(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. In witness whereof the Official seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 25th February 1992.
L.S.
John Selwyn Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
25th February 1992
| £ | £ | £ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. RESEARCH | |||
| 1. Agronomy, physiology, nutrition, and pest and disease control: Broom’s Barn Experimental Station | 1,145,850 | ||
| Less income from Broom’s Barn Experimental Station | 116,625 ———— | ||
| 1,029,225 | |||
| 2. Variety and other trials: National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge | 127,500 | ||
| Less income from National Institute of Agricultural Botany | 3,500 ———— | ||
| 124,000 | |||
| 3. Crop Husbandry: Morley Research Centre | 62,218 | ||
| 4. Physiology, rhizomania disease, and aphid resistance: Rothamsted Experimental Station | 125,120 | ||
| 5. Antidobies for beet mild yellowing virus: MAFF, Central Science Laboratory, Harpenden | 12,551 | ||
| 6. Cover crops before beet: ADAS Gleadthorpe Experimental Husbandry; Farm | 1,942 | ||
| 7. Lifting mechanisms and harvester design: ADAS Mechanisation Unit, Silsoe | 18,350 | ||
| 8. Control of weeds and wind erosion of soil: ADAS Arthur Rickwood Experimental Husbandry Farm | 31,534 | ||
| 9. Effects of straw incorporation and nigrogen from pig manure and slurry: ADAS Terrington Experimental Husbandry Farm | 15,456 | ||
| 10. Seed treatment trials, soil cultivation strategies, herbicide and fertiliser trials, crop production and agronomy, variety assessments and machinery development: British Sugar p.l.c. | 314,482 ———— | ||
| 1,734,878 | |||
| B. EDUCATION | |||
| 1. British Sugar p.l.c. | 145,518 | ||
| 2. Broom’s Barn Experimental Station | 240,775 | ||
| 3. Morley Research Centre | 20,000 ———— | ||
406,293 ———— 2,141,171 | |||
| £ | £ | £ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Travelling and subsistence expense of member and officers of the Sugar Beet Research and Education Commitee and its sub-committees | 9,710 | ||
2. Administrative charges: (a)Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | 27,980 | ||
(b)National Audit Office | 3,575 | ||
(c)National Investment Loans Office | 4,890 ———— | ||
| 36,445 | |||
3. Institut International de Recherches Betteravières (IIRB): (a)Subscriptions | 16,140 | ||
| 2,120 ———— | ||
| 14,020 | |||
(b)Expenses and visits | 11,250 ———— | ||
| 25,270 | |||
4. Other Items: (a)Visits abroad (excluding IIRB) | 3,983 | ||
(b)Contingencies | 74,421 | ||
(c)Redundancy costs | 118,000 ———— | ||
| 196,404 | |||
| b/f from Part I | 2,414,171 ———— | ||
| Estimate of amount of expenditure to be incurred in carrying out the programme | 2,409,000 ———— |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the carrying into effect for the year 1992—93 of the programme, as set out in the Schedule, of research and education in matters affecting the growing of home-grown beet.
It also provides for the assessment of contributions towards the expenditure on this programme and for their collection from the processors and growers of sugar beet in England and Wales. The rates of contributions are increased to 11.0p per adjusted beet tonne from the contribution in the Sugar Beet (Research and Education) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/393).
“Adjusted beet tonne” is defined by reference to the interprofessional agreement of 3rd October 1983, as amended on 1st March 1984 and on 1st November 1987, made between British Sugar p.l.c. and the National Farmers' Union. A copy of the agreement incorporating the amendments made to it on 1st March 1984 and on 1st November 1987 may be inspected during usual office hours at the offices of British Sugar p.l.c., Oundle Road, Peterborough PE2 9QU, the National Farmers' Union, Agriculture House, Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7NJ or the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HH.
1984 c. 30; section 68 was amended by the Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16), section 52 and Schedule 2, paragraph 13.