The Sea Fish Industry Authority (Levy) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 Confirmatory Order 1999

Made: 16th March 1999

Laid before Parliament: 18th March 1999

Coming into force: 9th April 1999

Now, therefore, the Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 4(2) and (10) of the Fisheries Act 1981², and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Title and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Sea Fish Industry Authority (Levy) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 Confirmatory Order 1999 and shall come into force on 9th April 1999.

Confirmation

2

The Regulations, having been modified by the Ministers, are hereby confirmed and are set out in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE — THE SEA FISH INDUSTRY AUTHORITY (LEVY) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1998

Whereas it appears to the Sea Fish Industry Authority (hereinafter referred to as “the Authority”) that it is desirable to increase the existing rate of levy for the purpose of financing their activities;

Now therefore, the Authority in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 4 of the Fisheries Act 1981, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and Commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Sea Fish Industry Authority (Levy) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on the day on which the Confirmatory Order by Ministers comes into force.

Interpretation

2

In these Regulations “principal Regulations” means the Sea Fish Industry Authority (Levy) Regulations 1995 Confirmatory Order 1996³.

Amendment of the principal Regulations

3

For the Schedule to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following Schedule:

SCHEDULE

Signed

Elliot Morley — Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food — 15th March 1999

Calum MacDonald — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 16th March 1999

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Jon Own Jones — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office — 16th March 1999

Marjorie Mowlam — Secretary of State for Northern Ireland — 16th March 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order confirms, after modification, Regulations made by the Sea Fish Industry Authority which amend the Sea Fish Industry Authority (Levy) Regulations 1995. The amending Regulations change the rates of the levy imposed by that Authority in respect of sea fish and sea fish products for the purpose of financing its activities. The old rates of levy are shown in italics in the revised Schedule to the new Regulations.

As made by the Authority, the amending Regulations provided for new rates of levy that would have increased the existing rates by 10%. Before making this Order, the Ministers used their powers in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Fisheries Act 1981 to modify the amending Regulations so as to provide for new rates of levy that, in general, increase the existing rates by 7.5% and, in three cases, make no change.

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