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Pig Industry Levy Act 1983

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 3 Cited in Amendments 12 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1983 c. 4
the Ministers direct that section 32 of the 1981 Act (slaughter of animals affected by diseases other than those mentioned in section 31) shall apply to the disease of pigs known as Aujeszky’s disease; orthat disease is one to which section 32 of that Act applies at the passing of this Act.in relation to Aujeszky’s disease; orin relation to pigs which are affected or suspected of being affected with, or have been exposed to the infection of, that disease;meeting any costs incurred by the Minister as mentioned in subsection (2) above; andcompensating the owners of any such pigs as are mentioned in that subsection in respect of losses incurred by them in consequence of action taken by the Minister in relation to those pigs under the 1981 Act;references in those provisions to livestock and to livestock products shall be read as references respectively to pigs and to pig products; andthe reference in section 13(8) to that section shall be read as a reference to this section.(5) Subject to the following provisions of this section and to section 2 of this Act, the proceeds of any levy imposed under a pig industry levy scheme (referred to below in this Act as the levy fund) shall be applied solely in making payments for the levy purposes.(6) The Commission may make arrangements for payments to be made for the levy purposes by any other person and may for that purpose pay sums collected by them in pursuance of any such scheme to the person for the time being responsible in accordance with any such arrangements for making payments for the levy purposes.may provide for payments to be made for the levy purposes by the person so responsible otherwise than out of the levy fund at any time when the fund is insufficient to meet those payments; andmay provide for any expenses incurred by the person so responsible in making payments for the levy purposes in accordance with the arrangements (whether out of the levy fund or otherwise) to be met from the levy fund;in collecting charges under any pig industry levy scheme;in making payments themselves for the levy purposes; orfor the purpose of any arrangements made by virtue of subsection (6) above;make payments themselves for the levy purposes out of sums collected by them in pursuance of a pig industry levy scheme; orpay sums so collected to any person responsible in accordance with any arrangements made by the Commission by virtue of section 1(6) of this Act for

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