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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/horticultural-development-council-amendment-order-2000/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/horticultural-development-council-amendment-order-2000/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1975",
  "legislation_title": "The Horticultural Development Council (Amendment) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/horticultural-development-council-amendment-order-2000",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis 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—\n(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));\n(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)).\nA 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1975/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:05:20.587241+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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