The Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1993 (“the principal Regulations”), which comply with Council Directive 75/268/EEC on mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas (OJ No.L128, 19.5.75, p. 1), as amended by Council Directive No.80/666/EEC (OJ No.L180, 14.7.80, p. 34), and with Articles 17 to 19 of Council Regulation (EEC) No.2328/91 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (OJ No.L218, 6.8.91, p. 1), as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No.870/93 (OJ No.L91, 15.4.93, p. 10).Those Regulations also make provision for the administration and enforcement of provisions for payment of compensatory allowances contained in Commission Regulation (EEC) No.3887/92 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes (OJ No.L391, 31.12.92, p. 36).

These Regulations change the rates of compensatory allowance payable for animals kept on severely disadvantaged land to £47.50 per cow, £5.75 per ewe in a specially qualified flock and £3.00 for other ewes.For animals kept on disadvantaged land the rates are changed to £23.75 per cow and £2.44 per ewe.Where both severely disadvantaged land and disadvantaged land are occupied, provision is made for allocating the allowances at the higher and lower rates among cows and ewes maintained on the two categories of land (regulation 2).

Further provisions affecting the amount of the allowance are set out in regulations 3(5) and (6), 4 and 5 of the principal Regulations.