The Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Claims for compensatory allowances

11.—(1) A claim for compensatory allowances in respect of the Scheme Year for breeding cows shall be lodged with the Department on or after the day these Regulations come into operation but not later than 20th December 1999.

(2) A claim for compensatory allowances in respect of the Scheme Year for ewes shall be lodged with the Department on or after the day on which these Regulations come into force, but not later than 19th January 2000.

(3) A claim for compensatory allowances shall be made in such form as the Department may reasonably require, and no person shall be entitled to make more than one such claim for breeding cows or ewes in respect of the Scheme Year, provided that, where a number of claims for compensatory allowances for breeding cows or ewes are made by persons who have in respect of that year made more than one area aid application but who are regarded as a single farmer within the meaning of Article 1(4) of Council Regulation 3508/92, the claims concerned shall be deemed to be a single claim made by one person for the purposes of this paragraph.

(4) The Department may accept as valid, claims for compensatory allowances for breeding cows in the form referred to in paragraph (3) which were received by it on or after 27th October 1999.

(5) The Department may accept as valid, claims for compensatory allowances for ewes in the form referred to in paragraph (3) which were received by it on or after 8th December 1999.

(6) Where the claimant is a producer group within the meaning of Article 1(2) of Council Regulation 3493/90 the claimant shall, in making a claim for compensatory allowances for ewes under this regulation, observe signature formalities equivalent to those imposed by Article 2(1) of Commission Regulation 2385/91 in relation to the application referred to therein.