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

Amendment of the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1993

2.  Regulation 3 of the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1993(1) shall be amended by substituting for paragraphs (3) and (4) the following paragraphs—

“(3) Subject to regulations 3(5), 3(6) and 4, a compensatory allowance for cattle shall be payable in respect of the number of breeding cows comprised in a herd on the qualifying day at the following rates—

(a) in the case of cows maintained by a person whose eligible land comprises solely severely disadvantaged land, #47.50 or 123 ECU per cow;

(b) in the case of cows maintained by a person whose eligible land comprises severely disadvantaged land and disadvantaged land—

(i) £47.50 or 123 ECU per cow up to an amount calculated by multiplying the total number of hectares of severely disadvantaged land which is available to that person in accordance with paragraph (5)(a) below or which is relevant afforested land by £81.13 and deducting from the resulting figure any allowance payable in respect of sheep maintained by that person under paragraph (4) below (other than the allowance payable at the rate of £2.44 or 18.45 ECU per ewe); and

(ii) thereafter £23.75 or 123 ECU per cow;

(c) in the case of cows maintained by a person whose eligible land comprises solely disadvantaged land, £23.75 or 123 ECU per cow.

(4) Subject to regulations 3(5), 3(6) and 5, a compensatory allowance for sheepshall be payable in respect of the number of ewes comprised in a flock on the qualifying day at the following rates—

(a) in the case of ewes of an approved breed comprised in a specially qualified flock, £5.75 or 18.45 ECU per ewe;

(b) in the case of ewes not referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above maintained by a person—

(i) whose eligible land comprises solely severely disadvantaged land, £3.00 or 18.45 ECU per ewe;

(ii) whose eligible land comprises severely disadvantaged land and disadvantaged land, £3.00 or 18.45 ECU per ewe for a number of ewes calculated by multiplying the total number of hectares of severely disadvantaged land which is available for the maintenance of the flock in accordance with regulation 5(2)(e) or which is relevant afforested land by 6, and deducting from the resulting figure the number of ewes, if any, falling within sub-paragraph (a) above which are kept on that land, and thereafter for additional ewes £2.44 or 18.45 ECU per ewe;

(iii) whose eligible land comprises solely disadvantaged land, £2.44 or 18.45 ECU per ewe.”.

(1)

S.I.1993/2631.Those Regulations revoked the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1992 (S.I.1992/269) and the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S.I.1993/70), except in relation to any compensatory allowance in respect of the year 1993 or any preceding year.