The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1988

Statutory Instruments

1988 No. 1428

LANDLORD AND TENANT

The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1988

Made

9th August 1988

Laid before Parliament

18th August 1988

Coming into force

12th September 1988

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England and the Secretary of State in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986((1)), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:—

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 12th September 1988.

(2) Any reference in this Order to “the Schedule” shall be construed as a reference to the Schedule to this Order, and the reference to column 3 of the Schedule shall be construed as including a reference to the note to that column.

Assessment of productive capacity of land

2.—(1) Paragraph (2) of this article has effect for the purpose of the assessment of the productive capacity of a unit of agricultural land, in order to determine whether that unit is a commercial unit of agricultural land within the meaning of subparagraph (1) of paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.

(2) Where the land in question would be capable, when farmed under competent management, of carrying or producing any such livestock, crop etc. as is mentioned in any entry in column 1 of the Schedule—

(a) the unit of production prescribed in relation to that use of the land shall be the unit specified in column 2 of the Schedule opposite to that entry, and

(b) the amount which, for the period of 12 months beginning with 12th September 1988, is to be regarded for the purposes of the said paragraph 3 as the net annual income from that unit of production in that period shall be the amount so specified in column 3 of the Schedule.

Revocation

3.  The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1987((2)) is hereby revoked.

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 9th August 1988.

L.S.

John MacGregor

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Peter Walker

Secretary of State for Wales

4th August 1988

Articles 1(2) and 2

SCHEDULE PRESCRIBED UNITS OF PRODUCTION AND DETERMINATION OF NET ANNUAL INCOME

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Farming use	Unit of production	Net annual income from unit of production
		£
1.  Livestock Dairy cows:
Channel Islands breeds	cow	152
Other breeds	cow	195
Beef breeding cows: On eligible land under the Hill Livestock (CompensatoryAllowances) Regulations 1984((3))which is— severely disadvantaged land or disadvantaged land	cow	57
On other land	cow	20
Beef fattening cattle (intensive)	head	32(4)
Dairy replacements	head	50(4)
Other cattle	head	32(4)
Calves fattened for veal	head	18
Ewes: On eligible land under the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1984 which is— severely disadvantaged land ordisadvantaged land	ewe	7
On other land	ewe	8
Store lambs (including ewe lambs sold as shearlings)	head	1·80
Goats (Dairy)	goat	68
Pigs: Sows and gilts in pig	sow or gilt	65
Porker	head	3
Cutter	head	4·50
Bacon	head	5·50
Poultry:
Laying hens	bird	1·20
Broilers	bird	0·14
Capons	bird	0·70
Point-of-lay pullets	bird	0·25
Turkeys	bird	0·90
Ducks	bird	0·38
Rabbits	doe	10
2.  Farm arable crops
Barley	hectare	89
Beans or peas—stockfeed	hectare	111
Herbage seed	hectare	120
Linseed	hectare	90
Mixed corn	hectare	60
Oats	hectare	82
Oilseed rape	hectare	131
other oilseeds	hectare	70
Peas: Dried	hectare	111
Vining	hectare	140
Potatoes: First early	hectare	450
Maincrop (including seed)	hectare	510
Rye	hectare	85
Sugar Beet	hectare	205
Wheat	hectare	115
3.  Outdoor horticultural crops
Asparagus	hectare	1241
Beans: Broad	hectare	325
French	hectare	250
Runner	hectare	2100
Beetroot	hectare	890
Brussels sprouts	hectare	880
Cabbage, Savoys and sprouting	broccoli	hectare880
Carrots	hectare	1025
Cauliflower and winter broccoli	hectare	990
Celery	hectare	3900
Leeks	hectare	1970
Lettuce	hectare	2200
Nursery stock: Container grown	1000 square metres	4300
Field grown	hectare	4600
Onions: Dry bulb	hectare	1000
Salad	hectare	3000
Outdoor bulbs	hectare	1400
Parsnips	hectare	890
Rhubarb—natural	hectare	2450
Turnips and swedes	hectare	400
Watercress	1000 square metres	2150
4.  Protected crops
Single crop cycle: Heated ornamentals	1000 square metres	7400
Fully heated vegetable (approximately 22°C lift in temperature)	1000 square metres	4650
Forced narcissus	1000 square metres	3000
Forced tulips	1000 square metres	4600
Mushrooms	1000 square metres	6200
Crop sequences: Heated (approximately 18°C lift in temperature)	1000 square metres	3250
Heat assisted (approximately 8°C lift in temperature)	1000 square metres	2500
Unheated	1000 square metres	1900
5.  Orchard fruit
Apples Cider	hectare	145
Cooking	hectare	412
Dessert	hectare	425
Cherries	hectare	360
Pears	hectare	424
Plums	hectare	260
6.  Soft fruit Blackcurrants	hectare	680
Gooseberries	hectare	861
Raspberries	hectare	2300
Strawberries	hectare	2425
7.  Miscellaneous Bees	colony	12
Deer	breeding hind	15
Hops	hectare	700
Trout—for table	tonne	300
Vines	hectare	350

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes units of production for the assessment of the productive capacity of agricultural land and sets out the amount which is to be regarded as the net annual income from each such unit for the year 12th September 1988 to 11th September 1989 inclusive. In so far as the units of production prescribed in the Order are relevant to the assessment they are to be used, in conjunction with the net annual income ascribed to them, in calculating the net annual income of the unit of land when assessing whether it is a commercial unit of agricultural land for the purposes of the succession provisions in Part IV of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, that is to say a unit of agricultural land which is capable, when farmed under competent management, of producing a net annual income not less than the aggregate of the average annual earnings of two full-time, male agricultural workers aged 20 or over, (see paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 6 to the Act). Therefore the assessment will not necessarily be based on the system of farming carried out on the holding or on historical data from the holding.

The net annual income figures in column 3 of the Schedule specify the net annual income from one unit of production. In some cases the net annual income is derived from a unit which will be on the land for the full twelve month period. In other cases the net annual income is derived from a unit which will be on the land for only part of the year, and there may be more than one production cycle in the twelve month period. The assessment of the productive capacity of the land will take account of the total production in the course of a year.

The Order supersedes the Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1987.

(1)

1986 c. 5; section 96(1) of the Act defines “the Minister” in the sense here expressed.

(2)

S.I. 1987/1465.

(3)

S.I. 1984/2024, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

(4)

This amount relates to an animal (irrespective of age) which would be kept for 12 months. In the case of an animal which would be kept for less than 12 months a pro-rata adjustment of the amount is to be made.