The Horticultural Development Council (Amendment) Order 2002

Amendment of the principal Order

4.  In article 2(1) of the principal Order—

(a)in the definition of “grower”, there shall be substituted for the words “costs associated with such preparation” the words “any rates levied in respect of such packhouses”;

(b)there shall be substituted for the definition of “processing” the following definition—

“processing” means an operation carried out upon harvested horticultural produce, such produce not being subject to any further cultivation, by means of canning, freezing, drying, juicing or any other similar process which substantially alters the raw product;; and

(c)in the definition of “relevant accounting year”, there shall be substituted for paragraph (b) the following paragraph—

(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 period specified in respect thereof in column (2) of that Part..