# The Meat and Livestock Commission Levy (Variation) Scheme (Confirmation) Order 1990, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
By this Order the Ministers confirm the Meat and Livestock Commission Levy (Variation) Scheme 1990 which replaces the variation Scheme confirmed by the Meat and Livestock Commission Levy (Variation) Scheme (Confirmation) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/838) and further varies the Meat and Livestock Commission Levy Scheme 1987 confirmed by the Meat and Livestock Commission Levy Scheme (Confirmation) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/1303) (“the Scheme”). Under the Scheme charges are imposed on slaughterers and exporters (including producers who export livestock) to ensure effective collection. However, the Commission is authorised to determine that slaughterers may recover from producers from whom they have purchased animals one half of the charges payable in respect of General Expenses and all charges payable in respect of Species Promotion Expenses. Producers thereby contribute to the financing of the Commission via the recovery by slaughterers of levy paid by them.
The maximum charges payable in respect of General Expenses have been increased by the variation Scheme confirmed by this Order —
(a) for cattle (other than calves not exceeding 68 kg deadweight), from 160p a head to 190p a head;
(b) for sheep, from 27p a head to 34p a head; and
(c) for pigs, from 40p a head to 48p a head.
There is no change to the maximum charge in respect of General Expenses for calves not exceeding 68 kg deadweight (12p a head).
The maximum charges payable in respect of Species Promotion Expenses have been increased —
(a) for cattle (other than calves not exceeding 68 kg deadweight), from 140p a head to 280p a head; and
(b) for sheep, from 20p a head to 40p a head.
There remains no charge in respect of Species Promotion Expenses for calves not exceeding 68 kg deadweight, and there is no change to the charge in respect of Species Promotion Expenses for pigs which remains at 40p per head. To take account of the obligations of the United Kingdom under Articles 92 to 94 of the EEC Treaty (Aids granted by States), Ministers modified the variation Scheme as submitted to them so as to exempt from levy cattle brought into the United Kingdom from another member State of the European Economic Community three months, and sheep and pigs so brought two months, before slaughter.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1590/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/meat-and-livestock-commission-levy-variation-scheme-confirmation-order-1990/note
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