Red Meat Industry (Wales) Measure 2010

(introduced by section 5)

SCHEDULE 2 PAYMENT

PART 1 CALCULATING A LEVY AND PAYMENT

1 Levy imposed on a slaughterer or exporter is to be calculated in accordance with this Part.

2 Levy is calculated by adding together the following separate components in respect of each animal slaughtered or exported—

(a) the production component, and

(b) the slaughter or export component.

3 (1) The Welsh Ministers may determine the rate of the production component and the slaughter or export component.

(2) The Welsh Ministers may determine different rates for different cases (including different descriptions of slaughterer or exporter and different descriptions of animal).

(3) The rates determined under this paragraph may include a nil rate, but cannot exceed the maximum rates set out in this Schedule.

4 For the purposes of the tables set out in the following paragraphs—

(a) a calf is an animal under six months old (in the case of an exported animal) or an animal with a dressed slaughter weight of less than 68 kg (in the case of a slaughtered animal); and

(b) a reference to “cattle” does not include calves.

Maximum rate of production component

5 The production component in respect of each animal cannot exceed the maximum rates set out in the following table—

Animal	Maximum rate of production component per animal(£)
Cattle	5.25
Calves	0.50
Sheep	0.60
Pigs	1.075

Maximum rate of slaughter or export component

6 The slaughter or export component in respect of each animal cannot exceed the maximum rates set out in the following table—

Animal	Maximum rate of slaughter or export per animal (£)
Cattle	1.75
Calves	0.50
Sheep	0.20
Pigs	0.275

PART 2 PAYMENT DATES

Payment of levy by slaughterers and exporters

7 A slaughterer or exporter must pay a levy imposed in respect of chargeable cattle, sheep or pigs in any month within 15 days from the end of that month.