# The Horticultural Development Council (Amendment) Order 2000

S.I. 2000/1975 · made 19 July 2000

This Order, which comes into force on 1st October 2000, further amends the Horticultural Development Council Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1110) (“the principal Order”), by raising—to 15 pence (formerly 7 pence) per litre of spawn purchased for use in compost during his relevant accounting year the maximum rate of levy capable of being charged on any mushroom grower under article 9(1)(b) of the principal Order (article 2(a));to £50,000 (formerly £25,000) the monetary threshold (in terms of sales in the relevant accounting year) below which any other grower is exempt from the charge levied by the Horticultural Development Council under article 9(1)(a) of the principal Order (article 2(b)).

## Introductory text

INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Approved by both Houses of ParliamentMade 19th July 2000
Coming into force 1st October 2000
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the National Assembly for Wales, acting concurrently, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1, 4 and 8 of the Industrial Organisation and Development Act 1947, and now vested in them, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers, and after consultation in accordance with section 8(1) of the said Act with the Horticultural Development Council and, in accordance with sections 1(3) and 8(1) of the said Act, 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 the charges as between different classes of undertakings in that industry will be in accordance with a fair principle, hereby make the following Order, a draft of which has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament—

## 1 Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Horticultural Development Council (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st October 2000.

## 2 Amendment of the Horticultural Development Council Order 1986

In the Horticultural Development Council Order 1986, in article 9 (charges for expenses)—
(a) in paragraph (1), in sub-paragraph (b), for the number “7” there shall be substituted the number “15”;
(b) in paragraph (3), for the amount “£25,000” there shall be substituted the amount “£50,000”.

## Signature

Joyce Quin
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
23rd June 2000
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales:
Elis-Thomas
Presiding Officer
19th July 2000
We consent,
Ross Finnie
A member of the Scottish Executive
29th June 2000

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, which comes into force on 1st October 2000, further amends the Horticultural Development Council Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1110) (“the principal Order”), by raising—
(a) to 15 pence (formerly 7 pence) per litre of spawn purchased for use in compost during his relevant accounting year the maximum rate of levy capable of being charged on any mushroom grower under article 9(1)(b) of the principal Order (article 2(a));
(b) to £50,000 (formerly £25,000) the monetary threshold (in terms of sales in the relevant accounting year) below which any other grower is exempt from the charge levied by the Horticultural Development Council under article 9(1)(a) of the principal Order (article 2(b)).
A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and placed in the Library of each House of Parliament. Copies may be obtained from the Horticulture and Potatoes Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Room 907, Eastbury House, 30-34 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TL.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1975 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/horticultural-development-council-amendment-order-2000
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