This Order may be cited as the Home-Grown Cereals Authority (Rate of Levy) Order 2006 and comes into force on 1st July 2006.

In this Order, “the relevant year” means the period of 12 months beginning on 1st July 2006.

(1)    For the relevant year, the rates of levy per tonne of cereals delivered, which appear to the Secretary of State and the National Assembly to be sufficient (but not more than sufficient) to meet the amount apportioned to each kind of cereal, are—

(a)    50.8775 pence in respect of dealer levy,

(b)    47 pence in respect of grower levy,

(c)    9.69375 pence in respect of standard rate processor levy, and

(d)    4.7 pence in respect of reduced rate processor levy.

(2)    In this article, expressions used have the meaning given to them by paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Home-Grown Cereals Authority Levy Scheme (Approval) Order 1987.

(1)    For the relevant year, the rate of levy per tonne of oilseeds delivered, which appears to the Secretary of State and the National Assembly to be sufficient (but not more than sufficient) to meet the amount apportioned to each kind of oilseed, shall in each case be 76.375 pence.

(2)    In this article, the term “oilseeds” has the meaning given to it by paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Home-Grown Cereals Authority Oilseeds Levy Scheme (Approval) Order 1990.

Jeff Rooker

Minister of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

17th May 2006

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales

D Elis-Thomas

Presiding Officer

16th May 2006

We consent

David Henderson-Howatt

A member of the Scottish Executive

26th April 2006

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development hereby consents to the foregoing Order

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 8th May 2006

David Small

A Senior Officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

For the purposes of financing the Home-Grown Cereals Authority's non-trading functions under Part I of the Cereals Marketing Act 1965 for the year beginning on 1st July 2006, this Order specifies the rates of dealer levy, grower levy and processor levies which appear to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the National Assembly for Wales to be sufficient to meet the amount apportioned to certain cereals grown in the United Kingdom. The relevant cereals are wheat (including durum wheat), barley, oats, rye, maize, triticale, or any two or more such cereals grown as one crop.

This Order also specifies the rate of levy which appears to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the National Assembly for Wales, to be sufficient to meet the amount apportioned to certain oilseeds grown in the United Kingdom. These oilseeds are rapeseed, linseed, soyabean, sunflowerseed or any two or more of such oilseeds grown as one crop.

The Scottish Ministers and the Northern Ireland Department for Agriculture and Rural Development consent to these determinations.

Levy will be imposed in accordance with the provisions of the Home-Grown Cereals Authority Cereals Levy Scheme 1987 (as varied) and the Home-Grown Cereals Authority Oilseeds Levy Scheme 1990, both of which are schemes in force under section 16 of the Act.

The Order comes into force on 1st July 2006.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.