{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-1993/section-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-1993/section-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/37",
  "legislation_title": "Agriculture Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-1993",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Levies.",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where—\n(a) property, rights or liabilities of a milk marketing board are transferred under section 11 above in accordance with an approved scheme, and\n(b) under the scheme, any liabilities of the board are excepted from transfer under that section.\n(2) The appropriate authority may, on the application of the board, by order give effect to a scheme enabling the board to require eligible producers to make contributions for the purpose of enabling it to meet its liabilities.\n(3) The appropriate authority shall not make an order under subsection (2) above unless it is satisfied—\n(a) that the board’s assets are insufficient to meet its liabilities;\n(b) that the board has taken all reasonable steps to minimise the amount required to meet its liabilities;\n(c) that there is no other reasonably practicable way of discharging its liabilities;\n(d) that the amount proposed to be raised under the scheme is reasonable; and\n(e) that the basis on which contributions are to be assessed under the scheme is reasonable.\n(4) In subsection (2) above, the reference to eligible producers is to the persons who, under the approved scheme, are entitled to participate in the distribution of assets of the board by virtue of their being, or having been, registered producers.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 1-19 repealed (S.) (16.6.2025) by Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 11), s. 38(2), sch. 2 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2025/167, reg. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/37/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:52.850394+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}