# The Potato Marketing Scheme (Commencement of Revocation Period) Order 1996, Introduction: Introductory text


AGRICULTURE
Made 16th February 1996
Coming into force 17th February 1996
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, being of the opinion that it is necessary or in the public interest that the Potato Marketing Scheme should be brought to an end, and having consulted on a proposal to bring the Potato Marketing Scheme to an end with such persons as appear to them to be representative of the interests of producers, purchasers, retailers and consumers of potatoes as they consider appropriate, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 25 of the Agriculture Act 1993, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order, a draft of which has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament:—

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/336/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/potato-marketing-scheme-commencement-of-revocation-period-order-1996/introduction
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