"the Act" means the Agriculture Act 1993;

"the approved scheme" means the approved scheme (within the meaning of section 49(1) of the Act) of the Board;

(a) there are facts relevant to the case other than the facts which were before the Disciplinary Committee at the hearing; and

(b) if such facts had previously been known to the Disciplinary Committee, their decision might have been influenced thereby.

    (9) If pursuant to an application under the foregoing sub-paragraph the Disciplinary Committee (or a person appointed to act as Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee) determines that a decision should be reconsidered, it shall be the duty of the Disciplinary Committee to review the matter in the light of the facts then available to them. Upon any such review the Disciplinary Committee shall not be bound to rehear the case unless the application for reconsideration is made by the Board, or, in the case of an application by the Producer, unless a request for a rehearing is made by him in writing either at the time of the application or on or before the seventh day after the date on which the Board sent him notice calling attention to his right to make such request. The Board shall send notice accordingly by registered post to any Producer who makes an application for reconsideration but who does not indicate whether or not he requests a rehearing. Where the Disciplinary Committee are bound to rehear the case (but not otherwise) the provisions of paragraphs 1(3) and 1(4) of this Schedule shall apply. If the Disciplinary Committee vary the previous decision, the Board shall thereupon give effect to the variation. Notice of the variation shall be sent to the Producer concerned and paragraph 1(7) of this Schedule shall apply as it applies to a previous decision.

    (10) Subject as aforesaid every penalty imposed and every sum required to be paid by the Producer by a decision of the Disciplinary Committee shall be a debt due to the Board and recoverable accordingly.

MINUTES (Paragraph 32)
     2.  - (1) Minutes shall be kept of the proceedings of the Board and of every Committee thereof, and any such minutes shall, if signed by a person purporting to have acted as chairman of the meeting to which they relate, or of a meeting at which they were read, be evidence of those proceedings, and the meeting to which any such minutes relate shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have been regularly convened and constituted.

    (2) A copy purporting to be certified in writing by the chairman of the meeting or Secretary of the Board to be a true copy of the minutes or any parts of the minutes of the Board or any Committee of the Board shall be received by all courts and tribunals as evidence of such of the proceedings at the said meeting as such minutes or parts of the minutes purport to relate to, and until the contrary be proved, the meeting shall be presumed to have been regularly convened and constituted.

DEFECT IN APPOINTMENT, ELECTION OR QUALIFICATION OF A PURPORTED MEMBER (Paragraph 34)
     3. All acts done at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment, election or qualification of a person purporting to be a member of the Board or the Committee, or that a member of the Board or of the Committee had voted upon any question upon which he was not entitled to vote, be as valid as if that defect had not existed or such member had been entitled to vote.

THE SEAL (Paragraph 37)
     4. The common seal of the Board shall be used by the authority of the Board only and shall be attested by the chairman and at least one other member and by the Secretary of the Board.

CONTRACTS (Paragraph 35 and 36)
     5.  - (1) Any contract or instrument which, if entered into or executed by a person not being a body corporate, would not be required to be under seal may be entered into or executed on behalf of the Board by any person authorised by them in that behalf, either generally or specially.

    (2) No contract to which the Board are a party shall be avoided by reason only that a member of the Board is also a party thereto, or is interested therein, and a member of the Board who is a party to or is interested in such contract shall not, by reason only that he is a member of the Board, be liable to account to the Board for any profit realised by him by reason of the contract; but a member of the Board must forthwith disclose to the Board any interest which he has or acquires in any contract whatever, if such interest in any way conflicts with his duty as a member of the Board, and shall not vote upon any question relating to the contract: and if he does vote, his vote shall not be counted:

Provided always that a member of the Board shall not be precluded from voting on a question relating to the general policy of the Board with respect to any matter, by reason only that the determination of that question will, or may, affect contracts which have been, or may thereafter be, entered into by him with the Board.