# The Home-Grown Cereals Authority (Rate of Levy) Order 2000, Introduction: Introductory text


AGRICULTURE
CEREALS MARKETING
Made 24th May 2000
Laid before Parliament 25th May 2000
Coming into force 1st July 2000
Whereas the Home-Grown Cereals Authority (hereinafter referred to as “the Authority”), established under Part I of the Cereals Marketing Act 1965 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”), prepared and submitted to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Scottish Ministers and the National Assembly for Wales (“the Ministers and the National Assembly”), pursuant to section 13(1)(a) of the Act, an estimate of the amount required to be raised by levy imposed on persons specified in the Home-Grown Cereals Authority Cereals Levy Scheme 1987 and in the Home-Grown Cereals Authority Oilseeds Levy Scheme 1990 for the period of twelve months beginning with 1st July 2000 (hereinafter referred to as “the relevant year”) for the purposes of the Authority’s functions under Part I of the Act;
And whereas pursuant to section 13(2) of the Act the Authority duly submitted to the Ministers and the National Assembly, together with such estimate, proposals as to the kinds of home-grown cereals in respect of which a levy should be imposed and as to the apportionment of the amount of specified in the estimate as between those kinds of home-grown cereals;
And whereas pursuant to section 13(3) of the Act the Ministers and the National Assembly—
(a) have determined that the amount to be raised by levy for the relevant year for such purposes shall be £11,819,000 and that the kinds of home-grown cereals in respect of which the levy is to be imposed for the relevant year shall be wheat (including durum wheat), barley, oats, rye, maize, triticale or any two or more of those cereals grown as one crop, and rapeseed, linseed, soyabean, sunflowerseed or any two or more of those oilseeds grown as one crop; and
(b) have apportioned the amount so determined as between those cereals and those oilseeds so that the amount to be raised by levy in respect of the cereals is £10,734,000 and the amount to be so raised in respect of the oilseeds is £1,085,000 and the rates of levy on each kind of cereal or each kind of oilseed respectively are the same;
Now therefore, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the National Assembly for Wales acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 13(3), 23(1) and 24(1) of the Act, and now vested in them, andof all other powers enabling them in that behalf and with the consent of the Scottish Ministers, hereby make the following Order:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1404/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/home-grown-cereals-authority-rate-of-levy-order-2000/introduction
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