Livestock and Meat Commission (Levy) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Payment and rates of levy

2.—(1) The following persons, that is to say,

(a)the owner of a bovine animal or sheep which is slaughtered;

(b)the owner of a bovine animal or sheep immediately before it is sent out of Northern Ireland,

shall pay to the Commission a levy in accordance with paragraph (3).

(2) The owner or occupier of the premises where a bovine animal or sheep is slaughtered, shall pay to the Commission a levy in accordance with paragraph (4).

(3) In the case of a person mentioned in paragraph (1) the levy payable shall be –

(a)£1 for a bovine animal; and

(b)20p for a sheep.

(4) In the case of a person mentioned in paragraph (2) the levy payable shall be –

(a)£1 for a bovine animal; and

(b)10p for a sheep.