Cotton Development (Variation of Percentage of Cess) Instrument, 2004 (S.I. No. 27 of 2004)

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2004 No. 27 THE COTTON DEVELOPMENT (VARIATION OF PERCENTAGE OF CESS) INSTRUMENT, 2004. ARRANGEMENT OF RULES Rules 1. Citation and commencement 2. Variation of cess 3. Validation of cess STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 2004 No. 27. The Cotton Development (Variation of Percentage of Cess) Instrument, 2004. (Under section 26(2) of the Cotton Development Act, Cap 30). IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon the Minister by section 26(2) of the Cotton Development Act, this Instrument is made this 19th day of May, 2004. 1. Citation and commencement (1) This Instrument may be cited as the Cotton Development (Variation of Percentage of Cess) Instrument, 2004 and shall be deemed to have come into force on 1st December, 1998. 2. Variation of cess The cess payable under section 26(1)(f) on the sales value of lint cotton sold at every ginnery is varied to 8 percent. 3. Validation of cess (1) The money collected by the Uganda Ginners and Cotton Exporters Association as a cess from 1st December 1998 until the commencement of this instrument, on the sales value of lint cotton sold at very ginnery under the authority of the Cotton Development Organisation is deemed to have been lawfully collected. (2) All money received by the Cotton Development Organisation in payment of the cess validated by subsection (1) is declared to have been lawfully paid to and received by it. (3) Any unpaid part of the cess validated by this section is lawfully payable to the Cotton Development Organisation. DR. KISAMBA MUGERWA, Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries.