The Suckler Cow Premium Regulations 1991

Keeping and preservation of records

5.—(1) An applicant shall preserve for a period of four years from the relevant date any bill, account, receipt, voucher or other record relating to—

(a) the number of cattle kept on his holding(1) during the period of six months following that date, and

(b) any transaction concerning cattle, milk or milk products carried out by him at that date and during the period of twelve months following that date.

(2) A specified successor shall preserve for a period of four years from the relevant date any bill, account, receipt, voucher or other record relating to—

(a) the number of cattle kept on his holding during the period beginning with the relevant date and ending with a date which is six months following the date (as notified to him, at his request, by the appropriate Minister) on which the application of his predecessor was lodged, and

(b) any transaction concerning cattle, milk or milk products carried out by him during the period beginning with the relevant date and ending with a date which is twelve months following the date (as notified to him, at his request, by the appropriate Minister) on which the application of his predecessor was lodged.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) above, an applicant who may qualify for a premium under Article 2a of the Council Regulation or a specified successor of such an applicant shall either—

(a) keep and preserve for a period of four years from the relevant date a special register recording the identification numbers of the suckler cows for which such application was made, or

(b) preserve for such a period any record which he has kept under Article 9(1) of the Bovine Animals (Identification, Marking and Breeding Records) Order 1990(2), provided that the suckler cows for which such application was made are clearly distinguished from the other dams(3) recorded in such record.

(4) In this regulation “relevant date” means, in relation to an applicant, the date on which his application was lodged with the appropriate Minister and, in relation to a specified successor, the date on which his predecessor’s holding was transferred to him.

(1)

Article 5(3) of the Council Regulations defines “holding”.

(2)

S.I. 1990/1867.

(3)

The term “dam” is defined in article 2 of S.I. 1990/1867.