Explanatory note

This Order, made under section 4 of, and Part II of Schedule 3 to, the European Communities Act 1972, appoints a day for the repeal of specified provisions of the Sugar Act 1956 which will no longer be required following adoption by the United Kingdom of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community. The provisions repealed include the power of Ministers to enter into agreements for the making of incentive payments to the British Sugar Corporation and those concerning financial relations between the Corporation and the Sugar Board.