1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Public Bodies (Abolition of Food from Britain) Order 2014.
(2) The repeals and revocations made by article 4 and the Schedule have the same extent as the provisions to which they relate.
(3) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made, except as provided by paragraph (4).
(4) The entry in the table of repeals in the Schedule relating to the Public Bodies Act 2011 comes into force two days after the day on which this Order is made.
2.—(1) The council established by section 1 of the Agricultural Marketing Act 1983(1) (Food from Britain) is abolished.
(2) The property, rights and liabilities of the council are transferred to and vest in the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
3.—(1) The Secretary of State must prepare a report of what has been done in the discharge of Food from Britain’s functions during the periods—
(a)beginning with 1st April 2013 and ending with 31st March 2014; and
(b)beginning with 1st April 2014 and ending immediately before the day on which this article comes into force.
(2) The Secretary of State must—
(a)prepare a statement of accounts of Food from Britain in respect of the periods referred to in paragraph (1)(a) and (b), and
(b)send a copy of the statement to the Comptroller and Auditor General.
(3) The Comptroller and Auditor General must—
(a)examine, certify and report on the statement prepared under paragraph (2), and
(b)send a copy of the certified statement and of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report to the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland as soon as possible.
(4) The Secretary of State must lay the final document before each House of Parliament.
(5) The Scottish Ministers must lay the final document before the Scottish Parliament.
(6) The Welsh Ministers must lay the final document before the National Assembly for Wales.
(7) The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland must lay the final document before the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(8) In this article, “the final document” means a document consisting of—
(a)a copy of the report prepared under paragraph (1), and
(b)a copy of the statement and of the report sent under paragraph (3)(b).
4. The provisions mentioned in the Schedule are repealed or revoked to the extent specified.
George Eustice
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
17th July 2014