The Meat and Livestock Commission Levy (Variation) Scheme (Confirmation) Order 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/1899
• Sections: 8

Section 1 Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Meat and Livestock Commission Levy (Variation) Scheme (Confirmation) Order 1993 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Section 2 Confirmation of the Scheme

The Scheme which is set out in the Schedule to this Order, is hereby confirmed and shall come into force on the day that this Order comes into force.

Section 1

The Meat and Livestock Commission Levy Scheme, which is set out in the Schedule to the Meat and Livestock Commission Levy Scheme (Confirmation) Order 1987 as varied by the Meat and Livestock Commission Levy (Variation) Scheme (Confirmation) Order 1990 is hereby further varied in accordance with the following provisions of this Scheme.

Section 2

In paragraph 4(2) there shall be substituted the following maximum charges which may be leviable under the Scheme:–

(a) Cattle (other than calves not exceeding 68 kg deadweight)

(b) Calves not exceeding 68 kg deadweight

(c) Sheep

(d) Pigs

Section 3

After paragraph 5(2)(a)(ii) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph–

(iii) where the exporter exports livestock which he has purchased, the Commission may determine that there shall be recoverable as a debt due to him from the person from whom he has purchased the livestock one half of the sum attributable to general expenses and the whole of any sum attributable to species promotion expenses:

Provided that where the purchase was at auction the exporter is hereby authorised to recover from the auctioneer instead of from the person from whom he purchased.

Section 4

In paragraphs 5(2)(b), 5(3), 5(4) and 5(5) for the word “slaughterer” wherever it occurs there shall be substituted the words “slaughterer or exporter”.

Section 5

In paragraph 5(2)(b) after the words “marketing (including marketing by a person concerned otherwise than as a buyer or seller)” there shall be added the word “exporting”.

Section 6

In paragraph 5(3) after the words “for each head of livestock slaughtered” there shall be added the words “or exported”.