Prospective
5.—(1) In paragraph 4(1) (restrictions on payment of grant)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (d), for the words from “reference quantity” to the end of the sub-paragraph there shall be substituted the following:
“quota, as defined in the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1989(1), of the person carrying on the agricultural business to which the expenditure relates”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (e)(i), for the words “ancillary farm business” there shall be substituted “qualifying business”; and
(c)sub-paragraph (f) shall be omitted.
(2) In paragraph 4(3), for the figure “ £35,000” there shall be substituted “ £42,500”, and for the figure “ £74,000” there shall be substituted “ £85,000”.
(3) In paragraph 4(5)—
(a)there shall be inserted the following definition:
““qualifying business” means a business consisting in the pursuit of a qualifying activity where that business is carried on by the person also carrying on the eligible agricultural business on the same or adjacent land;”; and
(b)the definition of “ancillary farm business” shall be omitted.