Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, which comes into force on 1st July 2000, approves further amendments to the British Wool Marketing Scheme, 1950, as amended, which are set out in the Schedule. The principal changes made by these amendments—
reduce the number of regional members of the British Wool Marketing Board (“the Board”) from eleven to nine, and lay down details as to the timing etc. of their election (paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 9 of the Schedule);
describe the nine new regions (English South Western, English Southern, English Central, English Northern, Welsh Northern, Welsh Southern, Scottish Southern, Scottish Northern, Northern Ireland), and the number of county representatives to sit on the regional committee of each (paragraphs 3 and 7 of the Schedule);
introduce an age limit beyond which no person may stand for election to either the Board or a regional committee (paragraph 8 of the Schedule);
describe how the number of votes each registered producer is to have in elections of regional members to the Board and of county representatives to the regional committees is to be ascertained (paragraph 10 of the Schedule).
No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in respect of this Order.