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Cereals Marketing Act 1965

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6Further non-trading functions of Authority

(1)For the purpose specified in section 1(1) of this Act, the Authority may carry on any of the activities mentioned in the following provisions of this section; and any power conferred on the Authority by (this section to carry on any activity shall be construed as including a power—

(a)to carry on that activity in co-operation with any other person, or

(b)to do anything (including the provision of financial assistance) calculated to procure, promote or facilitate the carrying on of that activity by any other person.

(2)The Authority may compile or prepare information or estimates with respect to prices, supply, demand and other market conditions (whether actual or prospective) relating to cereals or related products; and (subject to section 17(2) of this Act) the Authority may publish or disseminate any such information or estimates, and any other information compiled, or estimates prepared, in the course of the performance of their functions under this Act.

(3)In publishing or disseminating any such information or estimates as are mentioned in the last preceding subsection, the Authority may include recommendations as to prices which would, in their opinion, be appropriate in selling home-grown cereals, having regard to any prices specified in the information or estimates.

(4)The Authority may devise and disseminate, or otherwise encourage the adoption of, new, improved or standardised systems, procedures or forms for use in connection with the marketing, or preparation for marketing, of home-grown cereals.

(5)The Authority may conduct research or other experimental work in—

(a)the collection, storage, conservation, testing and distributing of home-grown cereals, and

(b)the invention, development or assessment of new uses of, or processes which might be applied to, home-grown cereals,

and may carry out demonstrations of the results of any such work or of any other new or improved methods relating to, or apparatus for use in, the marketing of cereals.

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