
1 

(1) This Order, which extends to England and Wales only, may be cited as the Sugar Beet (Research and Education) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.
(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 1990-91, 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 1990 91, 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 9.0p 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 9.0p 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 1990 91 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 1991.
(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 28th February 1990.
L.S.John Selwyn Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
26th February 1990
SCHEDULE
PART I

 £ £ £
A. RESEARCH
1. Variety trials: National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge 111,198
Less income from National Institute of Agricultural Botany 1,500 109,698
2. Agronomy, physiology, nutrition, pest and disease control: Broom’s Barn Experimental Station 1,228,982
Less income from Broom’s Barn Experimental Station 105,250 1,123,732
3. Crop Husbandry: Morley Research Centre  87,872
4. Physiology, rhizomania disease and aphid resistance: Rothamsted Experimental Station  103,541
5. Rhizomania disease and aphid resistance: MAFF Harpenden Laboratory  74,392
6. Nitrogen application and leaching: MAFF Gleadthorpe Experimental Husbandry Farm  14,237
7. Lifting mechanisms: MAFF (ADAS) Mechanisation Unit, Silsoe  8,500
8. Wind erosion of soil: MAFF Arthur Rickwood Experimental Husbandry Farm  18,297
9. Application of Genetic Engineering to Sugar Beet: British Sugar p.l.c. (Technical Centre) Norwich  80,000 1,620,269
B. EDUCATION British Sugar p.l.c.

1 
Publicity
(a) British Sugar Beet Review 24,000

(b) Film Unit 2,300

(c) Warning Schemes 15,000 41,300

2 
Demonstrations:
(d) Salaries and programme 358,819

(e) Hire and maintenance of equipment 33,350 392,169
3. Audit Fee  1,500 434,969c/f 2,055,238
PART II

 £ £ £
   b/f 2,055,238
1. Travelling and subsistence expenses of members and officers of the Sugar Beet Research and Education Committee and its sub-committees   8,250

2 
Administrative charges:
(a) Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food  15,132

(b) National Audit Office  3,080 18,212

3 
Institut International de Recherches Betteravières:
(a) Subscriptions 13,680

 Less recoverable subscriptions 1,770 11,910

(b) Expenses and visits  11,290 23,200

4 
Other Items:
(a) Visits  4,543

(b) Contingencies
(i) Genera  l50,000

(ii) Rhizomania disease  25,000 79,543
Estimate of amount of expenditure to be incurred in carrying out the programme   2,184,443