The Dairy Produce Quotas (Scotland) Regulations 2002

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation, commencement and extent

3. 2. Interpretation

4. 3. Application

5. 4. Scottish Islands area

6. 5. Determination of levy

7. 6. Milk equivalence of dairy produce

8. 7. Adjustment of purchaser quota

9. 8. Transfer of quota with transfer of land

10. 9. Apportionment of quota

11. 10. Prospective apportionment of quota

12. 11. Notification by the Scottish Ministers of apportionment of quota by arbitration

13. 12. Transfer of quota without transfer of land

14. 13. Temporary transfer of quota

15. 14. Temporary reallocation of quota

16. 15. Special allocation of quota

17. 16. Conversion of quota

18. 17. Representative fat content of milk

19. 18. Reallocation of quota and calculation of levy liability

20. 19. Prevention of avoidance of levy

21. 20. Payment of levy

22. 21. Annual statements

23. 22. Registers to be prepared and maintained by the Scottish Ministers

24. 23. Inspection of entries in the Scottish Ministers' registers

25. 24. Approval and registration of purchasers

26. 25. Obligations of producers and purchasers with respect to registration and deliveries

27. 26. Registers as evidence

28. 27. Information

29. 28. Withholding or recovery of compensation

30. 29. Keeping and retention of records

31. 30. Administrative penalties

32. 31. Offences and criminal penalties

33. 32. Provisions in connection with confiscation and restoration of quota

34. 33. Withdrawal of Special Quota

35. 34. Revocations and savings

36. Signature

37. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       INTERPRETATION

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       APPORTIONMENTS AND PROSPECTIVE APPORTIONMENTS BY ARBITRATION OR THE SCOTTISH LAND COURT

       1. PART I GENERAL

          1. 1. (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), all apportionments and...

          2. 2. (1) An arbiter or the Scottish Land Court, as the...

       2. PART II APPORTIONMENTS CARRIED OUT BY ARBITRATION

          1. 3. Appointment and remuneration of arbiter

          2. 4. (1) In any case where a prospective apportionment is to...

          3. 5. (1) Where, in terms of a notice given by the...

          4. 6. (1) If the person appointed arbiter dies, or is incapable...

          5. 7. No party to the arbitration shall have power to revoke...

          6. 8. Every appointment, application, notice, revocation and consent under paragraphs 1...

          7. 9. The remuneration of the arbiter shall be–

          8. 10. Conduct of proceedings and witnesses

          9. 11. The parties to the arbitration, and all persons claiming through...

          10. 12. Any person having an interest in the holding to which...

          11. 13. The arbiter shall have power to administer oaths, and to...

          12. 14. Award

          13. 15. The award to be made by the arbiter shall be...

          14. 16. The arbiter may correct in an award any clerical mistake...

          15. 17. Expenses

          16. 18. (1) The arbiter shall, in awarding expenses, take into consideration–...

          17. 19. It shall not be lawful to include in the expenses...

          18. 20. Statement of case

          19. 21. Removal of arbiter and setting aside of award

          20. 22. Where an arbiter has committed any misconduct, or an arbitration...

          21. 23. Miscellaneous

          22. 24. The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 1894 shall not apply to any...

       3. PART III APPORTIONMENTS CARRIED OUT BY THE SCOTTISH LAND COURT

          1. 25. The provisions of the Scottish Land Court Act 1993 with...

          2. 26. Where an apportionment or prospective apportionment is to be dealt...

          3. 27. Where, in terms of a notice given by the Scottish...

          4. 28. Any person having an interest in the holding to which...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       REALLOCATION OF QUOTA AND CALCULATION OF LEVY LIABILITY

       1. 1. Wholesale quota

       2. 2. In making that determination the Scottish Ministers shall complete in...

       3. 3. The Scottish Ministers shall where necessary authorise an adjustment of...

       4. 4. The Scottish Ministers shall authorise the adjustment by purchasers (to...

       5. 5. The Scottish Ministers shall determine for each purchaser the amount,...

       6. 6. The Scottish Ministers shall determine the total amount, if any,...

       7. 7. The Scottish Ministers shall make arrangements for the reallocation of...

       8. 8. Where a purchaser fails to notify the Scottish Ministers on...

       9. 9. The Scottish Ministers shall determine the total amount of the...

       10. 10. Where, for any quota year, a purchaser is unable to...

       11. 11. Where a purchaser– (a) has not been approved pursuant to...

       12. 12. Direct sales quota

       13. 13. The Scottish Ministers shall make arrangements for the temporary reallocation...

       14. 14. The Scottish Ministers shall determine the aggregate amount, if any,...

       15. 15. The Scottish Ministers shall determine for each direct seller the...

       16. 16. The Scottish Ministers shall determine the aggregate of the amounts,...

       17. 17. The Scottish Ministers shall determine the total amount of the...

       18. 18. The Scottish Ministers shall calculate the rate of levy per...

       19. 19. Where a direct seller fails to notify the Scottish Ministers...

       20. 20. Where for any quota year a direct seller is unable...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       KEEPING AND RETENTION OF RECORDS

       1. 1. Records to be kept by purchasers

       2. 2. Records to be kept by producers

       3. 3. A producer, other than a direct seller, who makes wholesale...

       4. 4. Records to be kept by any person undertaking butterfat testing in a laboratory

       5. 5. Records to be kept by hauliers

       6. 6. Records to be kept by processors

       7. 7. Records to be kept by persons buying, selling or supplying milk or milk products obtained directly from a producer or purchaser

       8. 8. Interpretation

38. Explanatory Note