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Agriculture Act 1986

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6Extension of Cereals Marketing Act 1965 to new cereals and other crops

(1)The Ministers may, if they think fit, by order provide that the provisions of the [1965 c. 14.] Cereals Marketing Act 1965 shall apply in relation to any such crop falling within subsection (2) below as may be specified in the order as if it were a kind of cereals and, in the case of a crop grown in the United Kingdom, a kind of home-grown cereals within the meaning of that Act.

(2)The crops referred to in subsection (1) above are—

(a)herbage seed, flax and any seed grown with a view to the production of oil from it;

(b)peas and beans grown for harvesting in a dried state;

(c)any crop (except grass) normally grown only for use in feeding livestock;

(d)any other arable crop (except sugar, hops, potatoes or any horticultural produce within the meaning of section 8(1) of the [1960 c. 22.] Horticulture Act 1960).

(3)Before making an order under this section in respect of any crop the Ministers shall consult the Home-Grown Cereals Authority and such persons or organisations as appear to them to represent the interests concerned.

(4)An order under this section may make such modifications of the [1965 c. 14.] Cereals Marketing Act 1965 as the Ministers consider necessary or expedient in consequence of the provisions of the order.

(5)The power to make an order under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument and no such order shall be made unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

(6)In this section "the Ministers" has the same meaning as in that Act.

(7)In section 24 of that Act (interpretation)—

(a)in subsection (2)—

(i)in the definition of "home-grown cereals" for the words "or rye" there shall be substituted the words "rye, maize or triticale", and

(ii)after the definition of "related product" there shall be inserted—

  • “'wheat' includes durum wheat”; and

(b)in subsection (3) for the words "and rye" there shall be substituted the words "rye, maize and triticale".

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