7 CFR § 985.72 - Termination.

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title: "7 CFR § 985.72 - Termination."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "985.72"
section_name: "Termination."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "985"
part_name: "MARKETING ORDER REGULATING THE HANDLING OF SPEARMINT OIL PRODUCED IN THE FAR WEST"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 601-674."
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# 985.72 Termination.

(a) *Failure to effectuate.* The Secretary shall terminate or suspend the operation of any or all of the provisions of this part upon a finding that such provisions obstruct or do not tend to effectuate the declared policy of the act.

(b) *Referendum.* The Secretary shall terminate the provisions of this subpart at the end of any marketing year upon a finding that such termination is favored by a majority of the producers who, during the preceding marketing year, produced for market more than 50 percent of the volume of oil so produced: *Provided,* That termination shall be effective only if announced before May 31 of the then current marketing year.

(c) *Termination of act.* The provisions of this subpart shall, in any event, terminate whenever the provisions of the act authorizing them cease to be in effect.