Dairy Produce Quotas (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Amendment of the principal Regulations

8.  For regulation 12 (transfer of quota without transfer of land) there shall be substituted the following regulation –

“Transfer of quota without transfer of land

12.— (1) This regulation applies where the competent authorities in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have jointly determined, in accordance with paragraphs (1)(e) and (2) of Article 18 of the Council Regulation, that within each United Kingdom quota region transfer of quota without transfer of the corresponding land is authorised.

(2) A transferee of quota for whom the Department is the relevant competent authority shall submit a notice of any such transfer within the general quota region in such form as the Department may reasonably require to reach the Department no later than 31st March in the quota year in which the transfer takes place.

(3) The notice referred to in paragraph (2) shall include –

(a) statements by the transferor and transferee that they have agreed to the transfer of quota, stating the amounts of used and unused quota transferred;

(b) a consent or sole interest notice given by the transferor in respect of the entirety of the holding from which the quota is to be transferred; and

(c) a statement by the transferee that he is a producer.

(4) Where the Department has received a notice pursuant to paragraph (2), it may require that the transferor or transferee shall produce such other information relating to the transfer, and within such time, as the Department may reasonably determine.

(5) In this regulation, –

(a) “competent authority” has the meaning given to it by regulation 2 of the General Provisions Regulations;

(b) “general quota region” means the United Kingdom other than the Scottish Islands areas;

(c) “United Kingdom quota region” means a Scottish Islands area or the general quota region.”.