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

• Citation: S.I. 1999/1577
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Title and commencement

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.

Section 2 Interpretation

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.

Section 3 Rates of levy

(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.