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Section 69 Crop price.C1F1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

If as regards the home-grown beet crop for any year it is made to appear to the Ministers—

(a)

by the processors of home-grown beet, or

(b)

by a body which is in their opinion substantially representative of the groers of home-grown beet,

that the processors and that body are unable to agree on the prices and other terms and conditions for the purchase of home-grown beet by the processors, the Ministers may determine or designate a person to determine those prices, terms and conditions.

(2)

Any purchase by processors for which prices, terms and conditions have been so determined, or contract for such a purchase, shall take effect as a purchase or contract for purchase at those prices and on those terms and conditions.

(3)

In this section F2and section 69A F3-“home-grown beet” means sugar beet grown in Great Britain; and “the Ministers” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (S.) (16.6.2025) by Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 11), s. 38(2), sch. 2 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2025/167, reg. 2, sch.

F2

Words substituted by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), ss. 52, 54, Sch. 2 para. 14

F3

Words in s. 69(3) inserted (E.W.) (9.5.2003) by Regulatory Reform (Sugar Beet Research and Education) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1281), arts. 1(1), 4

Modifications

C1

S. 69: transfer of functions (27.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/3141, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 2(5)(7))

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (S.) (16.6.2025) by Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 11), s. 38(2), sch. 2 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2025/167, reg. 2, sch.