
1 

(1) This Order, which extends to England and Wales only, may be cited as the Sugar Beet (Research and Education) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.
(2) In this Order “adjusted beet tonne” has the same meaning as in the inter-professional agreement made on 3rd October 1983, as re-issued (with amendments) on 1st July 1992, between British Sugar p.l.c. of the one part and the National Farmers' Union of the other part.
2 
For the purposes 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 1993—94, 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 1993—94, 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 11.0p 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 11.0p 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 1993—94 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 1994.
(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.
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on
John Selwyn Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
18th February 1993.David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
24th February 1993
SCHEDULE
PART I

 £ £ £

1 
Agronomy, physiology, nutrition, and pest and disease control: Broom’s Barn Experimental Station 1,183,500
Less income from Broom’s Barn Experimental Station 90,000
  1,093,500

2 
Seed treatment trials, soil cultivation strategies, herbicide and fertiliser trials, crop production and agronomy, variety assessments and machinery development: British Sugar p.l.c.  313,693

3 
Crop Husbandry: Morley Research Centre  46,770

4 
Variety, diseases and other trials: National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge 139,903
Less income from National Institute of Agricultural Botany 2,500
  137,403

5 
Physiology and aphid monitoring: Rothamsted Experimental Station  131,790

6 
Antibodies for beet mild yellowing virus: Central Science Laboratory, MAFF Harpenden  12,803

7 
Lifting mechanisms and harvester design: ADAS, Engineering Development Centre, Silsoe  12,000

8 
Control of weeds and wind erosion of soil: ADAS, Arthur Rickwood Research Centre  24,408

9 
Use of pig manure and slurry as fertilisers: ADAS, Terrington Research Centre  17,100
   1,789,467

1 
Broom’s Barn Experimental Station  156,500

2 
British Sugar p.l.c.  146,307

3 
Morley Research Centre  23,824
   326,631
   2,116,098
PART II

 £ £ £

1 
Attendance fees and expenses of members and officers of the Sugar Beet Research and Education Committee and its sub-committees   13,000

2 
Administrative charges:
(a) Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food  21,888

(b) National Audit Office  3,750

(c) National Debt Office, National Investment and Loans Office  8,000
   33,638

3 
Institut International de Recherches Betteravières (IIRB):
(a) Subscriptions 16,947

 Less recoverable subscriptions 2,226
  14,721

(b) Expenses and visits  19,894
   34,615

4 
Other Items:
(a) Visits abroad (excluding IIRB)  4,850

(b) Contingencies  24,799
   29,649
b/f from Part I   2,116,098
Estimate of amount of expenditure to be incurred in carrying out the programme   2,227,000