# The Apple and Pear Research Council (Dissolution) Order 2003, Article 5: Power to impose and recover charges and powers of the Secretary of State


(1) If the assets of the Council are insufficient to meet its liabilities and the expenses of the winding up, the Secretary of State shall, for the purpose of making good the deficiency, have power after the Council’s dissolution to impose a charge or charges on those persons upon whom the Council immediately before its dissolution was entitled to impose a charge under article 9(1) of the principal Order.
(2) The provisions of articles 9, 11 and 12 of the principal Order shall apply in relation to any such charge, subject to the omission of paragraph (1) of article 9 and the substitution for the reference in that article to the provisions of that paragraph, of a reference to paragraph (1) of this article and the substitution for references in that article to the Council, of references to the Secretary of State.
(3) Charges imposed under paragraph (1) of this article shall be computed to yield, as near as possible, a sum equal to the amount by which the liabilities of the Council and the expenses of the winding up exceed the assets of the Council.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2003/0110446291/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-apple-and-pear-research-council-dissolution-order-2003/article-5
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