# Food Act 1984, Section 69: Crop price.

Extent: E+W+S

(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 and section 69A -“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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/30/section/69 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-act-1984/section-69
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