The Sheep Annual Premium and Suckler Cow Premium Quotas (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations).

1.  These Regulations (“the Regulations”) amend the Sheep Annual Premium and Suckler Cow Premium Quotas Regulations 1993 (S.I.1993/1626) [“the 1993 Regulations—”].

2.  Those last mentioned Regulations, which apply throughout the United Kingdom, make provision for the implementation in part of Articles 5a and 5b of Council Regulation (EEC) No.3013/89, Articles 4d to 4h of Council Regulation (EEC) No.805/68, Commission Regulation (EEC) No.3567/92 and Articles 22 to 45 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No.3886/92 (all defined in regulation 2(1) of the said Regulations). Articles 5a and 5b of Council Regulation (EEC) No.3013/89 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No.3567/92 establish a system of quotas for sheep annual premium; Articles 4d to 4h of Council Regulation (EEC) No.805/68 and Articles 22 to 45 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No.3886/92 establish a system of quotas for suckler cow premium.

3.  The Regulations (which likewise apply throughout the United Kingdom) make further provision for the implementation of the Community truments referred to above.

4.  The Regulations—

(a) insert two new regulations, 13A and 15A, into the 1993 Regulations;

(b) add a further paragraph, (3), to regulation 16 of the 1993 Regulations;

(c) add three Schedules (numbered 2 to 4) to the 1993 Regulations;

(d) make a number of amendments to the 1993 Regulations which are consequential upon the above insertions and additions; and

(e) correct a textual error in regulation 5(5) of the 1993 Regulations.

5.  The new regulation 13A lays down the principles governing allocations of sheep annual premium quota and suckler cow premium quota from—

(a) the national reserve for 1993 (a definition of which phrase is inserted by regulation 2(2)); and

(b) the national reserve for any given year later than 1993 (a definition of which phrase is also inserted by regulation 2(2)).

6.  The new regulation 15A gives specified persons a number of powers which may be used for the purpose of verifying an application for an application of quota from a particular national reserve.

7.  The new paragraph (3) of regulation 16 creates an offence (together with an associated penalty) in connection with the exercise of the powers referred to in paragraph 6 above.

8.  The new Schedule 2 (Parts I and II) lists the categories of person who, subject to the conditions referred to in paragraph 9 below, are eligible to be allocated quota from the various national reserves.

9.  The new Schedule 2 (Parts III to VI) lays down further conditions relating to the eligibility of the persons referred to in paragraph 8 above to be allocated quota from the various national reserves.

10.  The new Schedule 3 specifies how much quota is to be allocated to successful applicants for allocations of quota from the various national reserves, and the new Schedule 4 states when allocations of quota from those reserves—

(a) are to be effective; and

(b) are to be regarded as having been obtained for the purposes of Commission Regulation (EEC) No.3567/92 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No.3886/92.