
1 

(1) This Order, which extends to England and Wales only, may be cited as the Sugar Beet (Research and Education) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.
(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 processors and by every grower of home-grown beet who delivers beet to the processors in the year 1991-92, shall be assessed and shall be collected and recovered as respectively provided in articles 3 and 4 below.
3 
The contributions from the processors and from every grower of home-grown beet who delivers beet to the processors during the year 1991-92, 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 processors in that year;
(b) in the case of the processors, the contribution shall be at the rate of 10.0p for every adjusted beet tonne of home-grown beet purchased by the processors in that year.
4 

(1) All contracts made between the processors and any grower for the sale of home-grown beet for delivery to the processors during the year 1991-92 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 processors out of any sums standing to the credit of that grower in account with the processors and be deducted by the processors from the amount payable to the grower.
(2) The processors shall pay the proceeds, together with the amount of the processor’s contribution assessed in accordance with paragraph (b) of article 3 of this Order, to the Ministers on or before 30th April 1992.
(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 1991.
John Selwyn Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
26th February 1991
SCHEDULE
PART I

 £ £ £

A 
RESEARCH

1 
Agronomy, physiology, nutrition and pest and disease control: Broom’s Barn Experimental Station 1,420,450
Lessincome form Broom’s Barn Experimental Station 120,450
  1,300,000

2 
Variety and other trials: National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge 118,873
Lessincome from National Institute of Agricultural Botany 2,000
  116,873

3 
Physiology, rhizomania disease, and aphid resistance: Rothamsted Experimental Station  130,050

4 
Crop Husbandry: Morley Research Centre  103,762

5 
Rhizomania and other virus diseases, and aphid resistance: MAFF Harpenden Laboratory  71,692

6 
Nitrogen application and leaching: MAFF Gleadthorpe Experimental Husbandry Farm  13,832

7 
Lifting mechanisms: MAFF (ADAS) Mechanisation Unit, Silsoe  8,885

8 
Control of weeds and wind erosion of soil: MAFF Arthur Rickwood Experimental Husbandry Farm  26,959

9 
Effects of straw incorporation and physiology: MAFF Terrington Experimental Husbandry Farm  3,618
   1,775,671

B 
EDUCATION
British Sugar p.l.c.:

1 
Publicity:
(a) British Sugar Beet Review 41,500

(b) Photographic Expenses 2,800

(c) Warning Schemes 17,000
  61,300

2 
Demonstrations:

(d) Salaries and research programme 212,770

(e) Materials and maintenance of equipment 60,900

(f) Education 66,250
  339,920

3 
Audit Fee  1,600

4 
Value Added Tax  54,033
   456,853
   2,232,524
PART II

 £ £ £

1 
Travelling and subsistence expenses of members and officers of the Sugar Beet Research and Education Committee and its sub-committees   9,075

2 
Administrative charges:
(a) Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food  23,198

(b) National Audit Office  3,388

(c) National Investment Loans Office  4,568
   31,154

3 
Institut International de Recherches Betteraviè (IIRB):
(a) Subscriptions 15,048

 Lessrecoverable subscriptions 1,947
  13,101

(b) Expenses and visits  14,070
   27,171

4 
Other Items:
(a) Visits abroad (excluding IIRB)  3,255

(b) Contingencies
(i) General  49,821

(ii) Rhizomania disease  30,000
   83,076
  b/f from Part I 2,232,524
Estimate of amount of expenditure to be incurred in carrying out the programme   2,383,000