Milk (Cessation of Production) Act 1985

1 Payments to persons ceasing or reducing milk production.

(1) For the purpose of compensating persons who are or have been registered milk producers for discontinuing milk production, the Minister may make payments to such persons who have undertaken—

(a) to cease producing milk for sale or for the manufacture of any milk product for sale ; and

(b) to surrender all their milk quotas to the reserve.

(2) For the purpose of compensating persons who are or have been registered milk producers for reducing milk production, the Minister may make payments to such persons who have undertaken—

(a) to reduce their production of milk for sale or for the manufacture of any milk product for sale ; and

(b) to surrender part of their milk quotas to the reserve.

(3) The Minister may prepare a scheme in accordance with which payments under subsections (1) and (2) above may be made; and such a scheme may make provision as to payments under one or both of those subsections.

(4) A scheme under this section shall make provision as to the calculation of the amount of the payments to be made under the scheme and may provide for the payments to be made by way of a lump sum payment or instalments.

(5) A scheme under this section may—

(a) impose such requirements and provide for payments under the scheme to be made subject to such conditions as the Minister may think fit; and

(b) provide for the repayment of the whole or part of any sum paid under it in any case where such a requirement or condition is not complied with.

(6) A scheme under this section may apply only to producers who are registered in respect of land in a part of Great Britain, but where a scheme applies only to producers registered in respect of land in a part of Great Britain it may impose requirements and conditions in relation to land in other parts.

(7) A scheme under this section—

(a) may contain such incidental and supplemental provisions as the Minister may think fit; and

(b) shall be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(8) In this section—

• " milk product " means cream, butter or cheese;

• " milk quota " means—

  (a)

  in the case of a person registered in the direct sales register maintained under the 1984 Regulations, a direct sales quota registered as his in that register, and

  (b)

  in the case of a person registered in the wholesale register maintained under those Regulations, a wholesale quota registered as his in that register;

• " the reserve " means—

  (a)

  in the case of a direct sales quota, the national direct sales reserve constituted under regulation 7(1) of the 1984 Regulations,

  (b)

  in the case of a wholesale quota in respect of land in any region, the wholesale reserve created for the region under regulation7 (2) (b) of those Regulations, or, in either case, any similar reserve created under any Community provision;

• " registered milk producer " means a person registered in the direct sales register or a wholesale register maintained under the 1984 Regulations and

• " registered " shall be construed accordingly;

• " the 1984 Regulations " means the [S.I. 1984/1047.] Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1984.