# The Milk Development Council (Amendment) Order 2000

S.I. 2000/878 · made 27 March 2000

This Order, which comes into force on 1st April 2000, amends the Milk Development Council Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/356).

## Introductory text

INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Approved by both Houses of ParliamentMade 27th March 2000
Coming into force 1st April 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 Milk 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 milk-producing 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 Milk Development Council (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.

## 2 Amendment of the Milk Development Council Order 1995

The Milk Development Council Order 1995 shall be amended in accordance with articles 3 and 4 of this Order.

## 3 Amendment of the Milk Development Council Order 1995

In article 9 (charges for expenses), in paragraph (1), for the words “ (not exceeding 0.05 pence per litre)” there shall be substituted the words “ (not exceeding the sum, exclusive of any Value Added Tax that may be payable thereon, of 0.08 pence per litre)”.

## 4 Amendment of the Milk Development Council Order 1995

In Schedule 1 (functions of the milk development council), after function number 7 there shall be added the following function–
“8 Promoting or undertaking arrangements for better acquainting the public in the United Kingdom with the goods and services supplied by the industry and methods of using them.”.

## Signature

Joyce Quin
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
21st March 2000
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales
Dafydd Elis-Thomas
Presiding Officer
27th March 2000
We consent,
Ross Finnie
A member of the Scottish Executive
22nd March 2000

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, which comes into force on 1st April 2000, amends the Milk Development Council Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/356).
This Order–
(a) increases the specified maximum rate at which the Milk Development Council may charge producers for the expenses it incurs in the exercise of its functions, from 0.05 pence per litre to 0.08 pence, and makes it clear that such a rate is exclusive of any Value Added Tax that may be payable thereon (article 3), and
(b) adds to the Milk Development Council’s functions that of promoting or undertaking arrangements for better acquainting the public in the United Kingdom with the goods and services supplied by the industry and methods of using them (article 4).
A Regulatory Impact Assessment, which involves a compliance cost assessment of the effect which this Order would have on business costs, has been prepared and placed in the Library of each House of Parliament. Copies may be obtained from the Milk, Pigs, Eggs and Poultry Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Room 501, 10 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HH.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/878 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/milk-development-council-amendment-order-2000
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