
1 

(1) This Order, which extends to England and Wales only, may be cited as the Sugar Beet (Research and Education) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988.
(2) In this Order “adjusted beet tonne” has the same meaning as in the inter-professional agreement made on 3rd October 1983, as amended on 1st March 1984 and on 1st November 1987, between British Sugar p.l.c. of the one part and the National Farmers' Union of the other part.
2 
For the purpose of carrying the programme into effect, contributions towards defraying the amount of expenditure, estimated in the programme to be incurred in carrying it out, to be made by the Company and by every grower of home-grown beet who delivers beet to the Company in the year 1988—89, shall be assessed and shall be collected and recovered as respectively provided in articles 3 and 4 below.
3 
The contributions from the Company and from every grower of home-grown beet who delivers beet to the Company during the year 1988—9, towards defraying the expenditure to be incurred in carrying out the programme for that year shall be assessed as follows—
(a) in the case of any grower of home-grown beet, the contribution shall be at the rate of 10.0p for every adjusted beet tonne of home-grown beet sold by him for delivery to the Company in that year;
(b) in the case of the Company, the contribution shall be at the rate of 10.0p for every adjusted beet tonne of home-grown beet purchased by the Company in that year.
4 

(1) All contracts made between the Company and any grower for the sale of home-grown beet for delivery to the Company during the year 1988—9 shall provide that the amount of the grower’s contribution assessed in accordance with paragraph (a) of article 3 of this Order shall be payable by the grower to the Company out of any sums standing to the credit of that grower in account with the Company and be deducted by the Company from the amount payable to the grower.
(2) The Company shall pay the proceeds, together with the amount of the Company’s contribution assessed in accordance with paragraph (b) of article 3 of this Order, to the Ministers on or before 30th April 1989.
(3) The amount of any contribution which has not been paid to the Ministers by the date on which it has become due for payment shall be recoverable by them summarily as a civil debt.
In Witness whereof the Official seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 25th February 1988.
John MacGregor
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
26th February 1988
SCHEDULE
PART I

 £ £ £
A. RESEARCH

1 
Variety trials: National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge 77,097
Less income from National Institute of Agricultural Botany 1,200
  75,897

2 
Agronomy, physiology, nutrition, pest and disease control: Broom’s Barn Experimental Station 1,084,200
Less income from Broom’s Barn Experimental Station 93,800
  990,400

3 
Crop husbandry: Norfolk Agricultural Station  98,908

4 
Physiology and aphid resistance: Rothamsted Experimental Station  62,969

5 
Rhizomania disease and aphid resistance: MAFF Harpenden Laboratory  54,497

6 
Beet Yellows Virus: John Innes Institute  2,447

7 
Water erosion of soil: MAFF (ADAS), Cambridge  7,188

8 
Wind erosion of soil: MAFF Arthur Rickwood Experimental Husbandry Farm  11,436
   1,303,742
B. EDUCATION
British Sugar plc:

1 
Publicity

(a) British Sugar Beet Review 30,750

(b) Film Unit 1,179

(c) Warning Schemes 8,200

(d) Weed beet eradication campaign 10,235 50,364

2 
Demonstrations:

(e) Salaries and programme 204,559

(f) Hire and maintenance of equipment 23,184

(g) Silsoe College/British Sugar Soil Management project 57,500
  285,243

3 
Audit Fee  1,121
   336,728
   c/f 1,640,470
PART II

 £ £ £
   b/f 1,640,470

1 
Travelling and subsistence expenses of members and officers of the Sugar Beet Research and Education Committee and its sub-committees   4,500

2 
Administrative charges

(a) Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food  19,934

(b) National Audit Office  2,600
   22,534

3 
Institut International de Recherches Betteravières:

(a) Subscriptions 11,845
less recoverable subscriptions 1,952
  9,893

(b) Expenses and visits  11,670
   21,563

(c) Contingencies

(i) General  50,000

(ii) Rhizomania disease  37,000
   93,060
Estimate of amount of expenditure to be incurred in carrying out the programme   1,782,127