In the United Kingdom, a levy board is a statutory body funded by a compulsory levy on business activities from within a specific industry.
These include: the Horserace Betting Levy Board, often simply known as the Levy Board the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
Past levy bodies have included:
the British Potato Council (formerly the Potato Marketing Board) the Home-Grown Cereals Authority the Horticulture Development Council the Meat and Livestock Commission the Milk Development Council all of which were replaced by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.