The Horticultural Development Council (Amendment) Order 2003
Draft 2003, ISBN 0110446283
Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 1(6) of the Industrial Organisation and Development Act 1947, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.
INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Made 2003
Coming into force 1st April 2003
The Secretary of State and the National Assembly for Wales, acting concurrently, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 to 4, 6, 8(1) and 14(2) of the Industrial Organisation and Development Act 1947f1, and now vested in themf2, and with the consent of the Scottish Ministersf3, and after consultation, in accordance with section 8(1) of the said Act, with the Horticultural Development Council and with organisations appearing to them to be representative of substantial numbers of persons carrying on business in the horticultural industry and with such organisations representative of persons employed in that industry as appear to them to be appropriate, and having satisfied themselves (as required by section 4(3) of the said Act) that the incidence of charges as between different classes of undertakings in that industry will be in accordance with a fair principle, make the following Order a draft of which has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament—
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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1947 c. 40: section 4 was modified, in the case of any development council order relating to agriculture, by section 60 of the Agriculture Act 1993 (c. 37).
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In respect of the Secretary of State, by virtue of S.I. 1955/554, 1978/272, 1999/672, 1999/3141 and 2002/794; in respect of the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) (“the 1999 Order”), in so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales. The Horticultural Development Council is a cross-border body as defined in Schedule 3, paragraph 3(2), to the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38). By virtue of article 2(c) of the 1999 Order, functions under the Industrial Organisation and Development Act 1947 which are exercisable in relation to a cross-border body, and which cannot be specifically exercised in relation to Wales, are exercisable by the National Assembly for Wales in relation to that body concurrently with the specified Minister of the Crown.
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By the Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Specification) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1319), made under section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), the Horticultural Development Council was specified as a cross-border public authority for the purposes of that Act. By article 3 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 14 to, the Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities)(Adaptation of Functions etc.) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1747) it was provided, in respect of any function exercisable by a Minister of the Crown under the Industrial Organisation and Development Act 1947 to modify the Horticultural Development Council Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1110), that the Secretary of State for Scotland should cease to be such a Minister of the Crown, and that any such function should now be exercisable only with the consent of the Scottish Ministers.
Contents
- 1Title and commencement
- 2Amendment of the principal Order
- 3Amendment of the principal Order
- 4Amendment of the principal Order
- 5Amendment of the principal Order
- 6Amendment of the principal Order
- 7Amendment of the principal Order
- 8Amendment of the principal Order
- 9Amendment of the principal Order
- 10Amendment of the principal Order
- 11Saving
- Signature
- Schedule Schedule
- Explanatory note
1Title and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Horticultural Development Council (Amendment) Order 2003, and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.
In this Order “the principal Order” means the Horticultural Development Council Order 1986f1.
2Amendment of the principal Order
The principal Order shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.
3Amendment of the principal Order
In article 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—
there shall be inserted before the definition of “compost” the following definitions—
““apple” and “pear” mean respectively any apple other than the varieties listed in Part I of Schedule I and any pear other than the varieties listed in Part II of that Schedule;
“apple or pear grower” means a person who carries on the trade or business of growing apples or pears for sale or for processing into an apple or pear product with a view to its sale, and occupies land of at least two hectares planted with at least 50 trees (whether apple or pear or both);”;
there shall be substituted for the definition of “grower” the following definition—
““grower” means—
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a person, other than an apple or pear grower, who grows horticultural produce (excluding mushrooms) for sale, whose sales of such produce (excluding Value Added Tax and the cost of haulage and packing materials and, in those cases where the produce is prepared for market in rateable packhouses, any rates levied in respect of such packhouses) were not less than £25,000 during his relevant accounting year;
- (b)
a mushroom grower; and
- (c)
an apple or pear grower;”;
in the definition of “horticultural produce”, there shall be inserted before the words “Schedule 1” the words “Part III of”
4Amendment of the principal Order
In article 4 (constitution of Council), in paragraph (1) there shall be substituted for the word “eleven” the word “twelve”.
5Amendment of the principal Order
In article 6 (register of growers), for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(2)The Council may enter on the register, in addition to the name and address of any registered grower—
(a)any business name under which and the address of any place at which he carries on business in the industry, and the names of his partners in any such business, and
(b)where the registered grower is a company, the names and addresses of any directors of the company,
but no other information.”.
6Amendment of the principal Order
There shall be substituted for article 7 (registration of growers) the following article—
“7(1)Every person who was registered as a grower under the Apple and Pear Research Council Order 1989 immediately before the dissolution of the Apple and Pear Research Council shall be registered as a grower in the register kept by the Horticultural Development Council.
(2)Every person who on or after 1st April 2003 becomes a grower shall apply in writing to the Council to be registered within two months of the day on which he became a grower.
(3)Where two or more persons jointly carry on business in the industry they shall, for the purpose of registration, be treated as constituting a single person.”f1.
7Amendment of the principal Order
In article 9 (charges for expenses)
there shall be substituted for paragraph (1) the following paragraph—
“(1)For the purposes of enabling it to meet its expenses in the exercise of its functions and its administrative expenses the Council may, with the approval of the Ministers and subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (3A), impose—
(a)on each grower, other than an apple or pear grower or a mushroom grower, a charge for any levy period at a rate not exceeding 0.5% of the value (excluding Value Added Tax) of his sales of horticultural produce during his relevant accounting year;
(b)on each apple or pear grower either—
(i)a charge for any levy period at a rate not exceeding £35 in respect of each hectare of land occupied by him during all or any part of that period for the purpose of business in the industry and planted with apple or pear trees, or
(ii)where the average density of planting on any land so occupied is less than 125 trees per hectare and the grower so elects, a charge for any levy period in respect of every 50 trees at the rate of two-fifths of the charge which would otherwise be imposed under paragraph (i) of this sub-paragraph; and
(c)on each mushroom grower a charge for any levy period at a rate not exceeding 15 pence per litre of spawn purchased for use in compost during his relevant accounting year.”;
after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(3A)For the purpose of calculating a charge imposed under paragraph (1)(b), headlands shall be included but fractions of less than one-tenth of a hectare or any remainder after the number of trees has been divided by 50 shall be ignored.”
8Amendment of the principal Order
In article 12 (offences), in paragraph (1) there shall be inserted after the words “article 7(1)”, the words “or (2)”.
9Amendment of the principal Order
For Schedule 1 to the principal Order there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.
10Amendment of the principal Order
In Schedule 2 (functions of the Horticultural Development Council), after paragraph 3 there shall be added the following paragraphs—
“4Promoting the adoption of measures for securing safer and better working conditions, and the provision and improvement of amenities for persons employed, and promoting or undertaking inquiry as to such measures.
5Promoting the production and marketing of standard products.
6Promoting or undertaking research for improving arrangements for marketing and distributing products.
7Promoting or undertaking research into matters relating to the consumption or use of goods and services supplied by the industry.
8Promoting or undertaking arrangements for better acquainting the public in the United Kingdom with the goods and services supplied by the industry and methods of using them.”.
11Saving
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Order, the provisions of the principal Order in force prior to the coming into force of this Order shall continue to apply in respect of levy periods ending prior to the coming into force of this Order.
In paragraph (1), “levy period” has the same meaning as in the principal Order.
Signature
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
2003
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales
Presiding Officer
2003
We consent
A member of the Scottish Executive
“SCHEDULE 1
Article 2(1)
PART I
EXCLUDED VARIETIES OF APPLES
Abondance Dymock Red Pennard Bitter Allens Sweet Early David Pethyre Amer de Berthecourt EB 52 Pig’s Snout Amer de Torentice EB 54 Pomme Mettais Argile Grise Ecarlatine Port Wine Ashton Bitter Eggleton Styne Porter’s Perfection Ashton Brown Jersey Ellis Bitter Red Foxwhelp Backwell Red Fair Maid of Devon Red Jersey Ball’s Bitter Sweet Fillbarrel Red Norman Barbarie Blanche Four Square Red Streak Bedan Foxwhelp Redstrake Belle de Douai Franqueville Reine de Hatives Belle Fille de la Manche Frederick Reine des Pommes Belle Norman Frequin Audievre Reinette D'Obry Bergere Frequin Tardif Rouge Bruyere Binet Rouge Frequin Tardive de la Sarthe Rougette Douce Black Dabinett Genet Moyle Royal Jersey Black Foxwhelp Gilbert Royal Somerset Black Norman Goddard Royal Wilding Black Valls Green Norman Sandford Jersey Blanc Mollet Gros Doux Blanc Sauvageon Bloody Turk Grosse Launette Scudamore Crab Bouteille de Caen Hagloe Crab Severn Bank Bramtot Hangdown Sherrington Norman Bran Rose Harnette Silver Cup Breakwell’s Seedling Harry Masters Jersey Skyrmes Kernel Brimley Bittersweet Hereford Broadleaf Slack My Girdle Brown Thorn Hereford White Somerset Brown Jersey Brown’s Apple Honeystring Somerset Red Streak Broadleaf Norman Improved Dove Sops in Wine Broadley Jersey Improved Hangdown St Laurent Brown Jersey Improved Kingston Black Stable Jersey Brown Snout Improved Lambrook Pippin Stembridge Cluster Broxwood Foxwhelp Improved Pound Stembridge Jersey Bulmer’s Norman Improved Redstreak Stoke Red Burrowhill Early Jackson Strawberry Norman Camelot Jambe de Lievre Sweet Alford Captain Broad John Broad Sweet Blenheim Cherry Norman Jolly Rouge Sweet Copping Cherry Pearmain Killerton Sweet Tale Sweet Chisel Jersey Kingston Black Tan Harvey Churchill Knotted Kernel Tanners Red Cider Lady’s Finger Langworthy Tardive Forestier Cimetiere Lavignee Taunton Fair Maid Coat Jersey Le Bret Taylor's Collington Bitter Sweet Lorna Doone Ten Commandments Compton Drum Loyal Drain Thomas Hunt Cool Jersey Major Tom Putt Court Royal Marechal Tremlett’s Bitter Cow Apple Maundy Upright French Cowarne Red Medaille d'Or 1 Upright Styre Crimson King Medaille d'Or 2 Vagnon Archer Crimson Victoria Michelin Vagon Archer Croix de Bouelles Morgan Sweet Vilberie Crummy Norman Moulin a Vent Wellings Bitter Sweet Dabinett Muscadet de Dieppe White Alphington De Boutteville Nehou White Close Pippin Des Domaines Neverblight White Frequin Doux Amer Northwood White Jersey Doux Lazon Oakham Green White Norman Doux Normandie Oisier Woodbine Dove Old Pound Yarlington Mill Dufflin Omont Yellow Redstreak Dunkerton Late Peau de Blaireau Yellow Styre Dunkerton’s Sweet Peau de Vache PART II
EXCLUDED VARIETIES OF PEARS
Arlingham Squash Flakey Bark Painted Lady Barland Forrest Pear Parsonage Barnet Gin Pig Pear Bartestree Squash Golden Balls Pine Bastard Longdon Goldings Pint Bastard Sack Grandfather Tum(p) Potato Pear Billy Williams Green Horse Red Huffcap Black Huffcap Green Longdon Red Longdon Blacksmith Harley Gum Red Pear Blakeney Red Hartpury Green Rock Bloody Bastard Hastings Rumblers Bosbury Scarlet Hatherley Squash Sack Boy Pear Hellens Early Sickle Pear Brandy Hellens Green Silver Pear Brockhill Hendre Huffcap Snake Pole Brown Bess Heydon Sow Pear Brown Russet High Pear Speart Pear Butt Hillend Green Staunton Squash Cannock Holmer Stinking Bishop Chaceley Green Honey Knob Swan Egg Claret Iron Sides Taynton Squash Clipper Dick Jenkins' Red Teddington Green Clusters Judge Amphlett Thorn Coppy Knapper Thurston’s Red Cowslip Lullam Tumper Deadboy Merrylegs Turner’s Barn Ducksbarn Moorcroft Teddington Green Early Blet Murrell White Bache Early Griffin Nailer White Longdon Early Hay Pear New Meadow Winnal’s Longdon Early Longdon Newbridge Yellow Huffcap Early Treacle Oldfield Young Heydon PART III
HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE
VEGETABLES GROWN IN THE OPEN
All vegetables sold for human consumption, including watercress but excluding potatoes.
FRUIT
All soft fruit and orchard fruit including nuts but excluding—
(a)the varieties listed in Parts I and II of this Schedule;
(b)hops; and
(c)grapes.
FLOWERS AND BULBS
All flowers whether cut or in pot, foliage, flower bulbs, corms, tubers and rhizomes.
HARDY AND OTHER NURSERY STOCK
All hardy nursery stock including
fruit trees, bushes and canes, strawberries for runner production and other fruit stock for transplanting
roses (including stock for budding)
shrubs and hedging plants
ornamental trees and trees for sale for amenity purposes
perennial herbaceous plants
aquatic plants
All other nursery stock, seedlings and cuttings for propagation.
PROTECTED CROPS
All crops grown in glasshouses and other forms of protection including pot plants, bedding plants and plants being propagated for growing elsewhere.
MUSHROOMS
All species of mushrooms.
HERBS
All species of herbs.”
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, which comes into force on 1st April 2003, applies throughout Great Britain and further amends the Horticultural Development Council Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1110) (“the principal Order”).
The Order adds five new functions of the Horticultural Development Council established under the principal Order (article 10). It also provides for any person who grows apples or pears (other than certain excluded varieties) for sale or processing into an apple or pear product and who occupies at least two hectares of land planted with at least 50 trees to be included in the definition of “grower” in the principal Order (article 3). Such growers were subject to a charge by the Apple and Pear Research Council until its dissolution by the Apple and Pear Research Council Dissolution Order (S.I. No…).
Article 7 sets a maximum charge of £35 per hectare for such growers, and Article 6 provides for their inclusion in the register kept by the Council. Article 4 provides for the membership of the Council to be increased by one to fifteen. Article 5 enables the Council to record the names and addresses of the directors of companies on the register.