Title and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Horticultural Development Council (Amendment) Order 1990 and shall come into force on the day immediately following the day on which it is made.
Amendment of the Horticultural Development Council Order 1986
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The Horticultural Development Council Order 1986 (hereinafter called “the principal Order”) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.
3
In article 2(1) of the principal Order–
a
there shall be inserted before the definition of “the Council” the following definition:
“compost” means any growing medium used in the production of mushrooms;
b
there shall be substituted for the definition of “grower” the following definition:
“grower” means a mushroom grower or a person who grows horticultural produce other than mushrooms for sale, whose sales of such produce (excluding Value Added Tax and the cost of haulage and packing materials, and in those cases where the produce is prepared for market in rateable packhouses costs associated with such preparation) were not less than £25000 during his relevant accounting year;
c
there shall be inserted after the definition of “the Ministers” the following definition:
“mushroom grower” means a person who purchases mushroom spawn for use in compost whose purchases of such spawn exceeded 700 litres–
- i
during the period of 12 months ending on 30th September 1989; or
- ii
thereafter during any relevant accounting year;
d
there shall be substituted for the definition of “relevant accounting year” the following definition:
“relevant accounting year” means:–
- a
in the case of a grower, other than a mushroom grower, in respect of the levy period specified in column (1) of part A of the table in paragraph (2) of this article, the accounting year specified in respect thereof in column (2) of that part, and
- b
in the case of a mushroom grower in respect of the levy period specified in column (1) of part B of the table in paragraph (2) of this article, the accounting year specified in respect thereof in column (2) of that part.
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For article 2(2) of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following paragraph:
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Part A
Column 1
Column 2
The period of 12 months commencing on 1st October in any year.
the accounting year ending in the calendar year preceding the end of the levy period.
Part B
Column 1
Column 2
a
the period starting on the commencement day of this Order and ending on 30th September 1990.
a
the period of 6 months ending on 30th September 1989.
Column 1
Column 2
b
any subsequent period of 12 months commencing on 1st October in any year.
b
the period of 12 months ending on 30th September preceding the commencement of the levy period.
5
In article 4 of the principal Order there shall be substituted for sub-paragraph (1) the following sub-paragraph:
1
sixteen persons capable of representing the interests of growers;
6
For article 7 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following article:
Registration of growers7
1
Every person who is a mushroom grower on the day on which the Horticultural Development Council (Amendment) Order 1990 comes into force shall within two months thereafter apply in writing to the Council to be registered and any other person who on or after that day becomes a grower shall so apply within two months of the day on which he became a grower.
2
Where two or more persons jointly carry on business in the industry they shall, for the purpose of registration, be treated as constituting a single person.
7
For paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of article 9 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following paragraphs:
1
For the purposes of enabling them to meet their expenses in the exercise of their functions and their administrative expenses the Council may with the approval of the Ministers and subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this article impose:–
a
on each grower, other than a mushroom grower, a charge for any levy period at a rate not exceeding 0.5% of the value (excluding Value Added Tax) of his sales of horticultural produce during his relevant accounting year; and
b
on each mushroom grower a charge for any levy period at a rate not exceeding 7 pence per litre of spawn purchased for use in compost during his relevant accounting year.
2
For the purpose of calculating a charge imposed under paragraph (1)(a) above for any levy period, there shall be deducted from the value of a grower’s sales during his relevant accounting year–
a
the cost to the grower of any horticultural produce which he had bought in, grown on and resold;
b
the cost of haulage and packing materials and, in those cases where the produce is prepared for market in rateable packhouses, costs associated with such preparation; and
c
the value added to horticultural produce by any processing carried out by or on behalf of the grower.
3
A grower shall be exempt from a charge imposed under paragraph (1)(a) above for any levy period if a deduction made under paragraph (2) above reduces the value of the grower’s sales during his relevant accounting year to less than £25000 (excluding Value Added Tax).
8
For the references to “a fine not exceeding £400” in article 12(1), (2) and (3) of the principal Order there shall be substituted references to “a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale”.
9
For Schedule 1 to the principal Order there shall be substituted the Schedule to this Order.
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 28th February 1990.