Explanatory note

This Order, which comes into operation on the 19th December, 1958, is made under section 19 of the Agricultural Marketing Act, 1958, and is consequent on a report made under that section by the Committee of Investigation for Great Britain.

The Order amends the British Wool Marketing Scheme by the insertion of a provision requiring the Board administering the Scheme to set up an advisory committee composed of nominees of the Board and an equal number of nominees of organisations representing agents who handle wool. It also requires the Board to consult that committee about the remuneration payable under, and certain other terms of, such contracts as the Board and any of such organisations propose should be the subject of negotiations between them, being contracts for the appointment of agents of the Board for the handling of wool. Provision is also made for referring the matter to a consultant, if the committee fail to reach agreement on the amount of the remuneration.

The Order also empowers the Board, if they think fit, to consult the committee about the terms of any other contracts for the appointment of such agents.