The Home-Grown Cereals Authority (Rate of Levy) Order 2007

• Citation: S.I. 2007/1084
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Home-Grown Cereals Authority (Rate of Levy) Order 2007 and comes into force on 1st July 2007.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order, “the relevant year” means the period of 12 months beginning on 1st July 2007.

Section 3 Rates of Levy – Cereals

(1) For the relevant year, the rates of levy per tonne of cereals delivered, which appear to the Secretary of State and the National Assembly for Wales to be sufficient (but not more than sufficient) to meet the amount apportioned to each kind of cereal, are—

(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) In this article—

(a) “cereals” means cereals grown in the United Kingdom being wheat (including durum wheat), barley, oats, rye, maize, triticale or any two or more of such cereals grown as one crop;

(b) “dealer levy”, “grower levy”, “reduced-rate processor levy” and “standard-rate processor levy” have the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Home-Grown Cereals Authority Levy Scheme (Approval) Order 1987.

Section 4 Rate of Levy - Oilseeds

(1) For the relevant year, the rate of levy per tonne of oilseeds delivered, which appears to the Secretary of State and the National Assembly for Wales 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.

(2) In this article, “oilseeds” means oilseeds grown in the United Kingdom being rapeseed, linseed, soyabean, sunflowerseed or any two or more of such oilseeds grown as one crop.