{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sugar-beet-research-and-education-order-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sugar-beet-research-and-education-order-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/336",
  "legislation_title": "The Sugar Beet (Research and Education) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sugar-beet-research-and-education-order-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SUGAR\nMade 26th February 1988\nLaid before Parliament 8th March 1988\nComing into force 1st April 1988\nWhereas in accordance with subsection (1) of section 68 of the Food Act 1984 the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State acting jointly (“the Ministers”), after consultation with British Sugar p.l.c. (“the Company”) and such other bodies as in their opinion are substantially representative of growers of home-grown beet, have prepared for the year beginning 1st April 1988 (“the year 1988—9”) the programme set out in the Schedule below (“the programme”) for carrying out research and education in matters affecting the growing of home-grown beet;\nNow, therefore, the Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 30."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/336/introduction",
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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."
}