The Home-Grown Cereals Authority (Rate of Levy) Order 1999

Made3rd June 1999

Laid before Parliament9th June 1999

Coming into force1st July 1999

Whereas the Home-Grown Cereals Authority (hereinafter referred to as “the Authority”), established under Part I 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)2 of the Act, an estimate of the amount required to be raised by levy imposed on persons specified in the Home-Grown Cereals Authority Cereals Levy Scheme 19873 and in the Home-Grown Cereals Authority Oilseeds Levy Scheme 19904 for the period of twelve months beginning with 1st July 1999 (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 cereals5 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 £10,463,375 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 those cereals grown as one crop, and rapeseed, linseed, soyabean, sunflowerseed or any two or more of those oilseeds grown as one crop; and

apportioned the amount so determined as between those cereals and those oilseeds so that the amount to be raised by levy in respect of the cereals is £9,318,925 and the amount to be so raised in respect of the oilseeds is £1,144,450 and the rates of levy on each kind of cereal or each kind of oilseed respectively 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), 23(1) and 24(1)6 of the Act and now vested in them7, 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 1999 and shall come into force on 1st July 1999.

Interpretation2

In this Order–

a

unless the context otherwise requires, expressions have the same meanings as they have in the Schemes;

b

“the relevant year” means the period of twelve months beginning with 1st July 1999; and

c

“the Schemes” means the Home-Grown Cereals Authority Cereals Levy Scheme 1987, as varied, and the Home-Grown Cereals Authority Oilseeds Levy Scheme 1990.

Rates of levy3

1

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

50.8775 pence in respect of dealer levy,

b

47 pence in respect of grower levy,

c

9.69375 pence in respect of standard rate processor levy, and

d

4.7 pence in respect of reduced rate processor levy.

2

For the relevant year the rate of levy per tonne of oilseeds delivered, which appears to the Ministers to be sufficient (but not more than sufficient) to meet the amount apportioned to each kind of oilseed, shall in each case be 76.375 pence.

DonoughueParliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food25th May 1999

SewelParliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office24th May 1999

DubsParliamentary Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office25th May 1999

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales,

Jon Owen JonesParliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office3rd June 1999

(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 July 1999, this Order specifies the rates of dealer levy, grower levy and processor levies which appear to the Ministers to be sufficient to meet the amount 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, and the rate of levy which appears to them to be sufficient to meet the amount apportioned to certain oilseeds grown in the United Kingdom, namely rapeseed, linseed, soyabean, sunflowerseed or any two or more of such oilseeds grown as one crop.

Levy will be imposed in accordance with provisions of the Home-Grown Cereals Authority Cereals Levy Scheme 1987 (as varied) and the Home-Grown Cereals Authority Oilseeds Levy Scheme 1990, Schemes in force under section 16 of the Act.

The Order comes into force on 1st July 1999.

A regulatory impact assessment in respect of this Order has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from Arable Crops Division, Room 602, Whitehall Place (East Block), London SW1A 2HH.