The Slaughter Premium (Amendment) Regulations 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 3906

AGRICULTURE

The Slaughter Premium (Amendment) Regulations 2001

Made

6th December 2001

Laid before Parliament

10th December 2001

Coming into force

1st January 2002

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, acting in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by the said section 2(2) and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Title and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Slaughter Premium (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st January 2002.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“holding” means all the production units managed by a producer situated within the United Kingdom;

“the IACS Regulations” means the Integrated Administration and Control System Regulations 1993(3);

“the principal Regulations” means the Slaughter Premium Regulations 2000(4);

“producer” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Title I of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1254/1999 (on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal)(5); and

“the Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Amendment of the principal Regulations

3.—(1) The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) of this regulation.

(2) In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a) the following definition shall be substituted for the definition of “Commission Regulation 3887/92”—

““Commission Regulation 3887/92” means Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3887/92 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes(6);”;

(b) the following definition shall be substituted for the definition of “Commission Regulation 2342/1999”—

““Commission Regulation 2342/1999” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2342/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal as regards premium schemes(7) (as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1042/2000(8), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1900/2000(9), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2733/2000(10), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 192/2001(11), and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1458/2001(12);”;

(c) the following definition shall be substituted for the definition of “Council Regulation 1254/1999”—

““Council Regulation 1254/1999” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(13) (as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1455/2001(14) and Council Regulation (EC) No. 1512/2001(15));”;

(d) in the definition of “premium adult animal”, the words “, other than a premium older animal” shall be deleted;

(e) the following definition shall be substituted for the definition of “premium animal”—

““premium animal” means a premium adult animal and a premium calf;”; and

(f) the definition of “premium older animal” shall be deleted.

4.—(1) The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (2) to (6) of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 4 (claims for slaughter premium)—

(a) paragraph (3) shall be deleted; and

(b) the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (4)—

“(3) A claim submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) may be in respect of any number of premium calves or premium adult animals, as the case may be.”

(3) In regulation 6 (limit on number of claims)—

(a) in paragraph (b), after the words “premium adult animals”, “; and” shall be deleted; and

(b) paragraph (c) shall be deleted.

(4) In regulation 8 (overgrazing), the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (5)—

“(5) The provisions referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) are—

(a) regulation 12 of the Beef Special Premium Regulations 2001(16);

(b) regulation 5 of the Suckler Cow Premium Regulations 2001(17);

(c) regulation 3A of the Sheep Annual Premium Regulations 1992(18); and

(d) regulation 10 of the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1999(19).”.

(5) In regulation 9 (unsuitable supplementary feeding methods), the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (3)—

“(3) The provisions referred to in paragraph (2) are—

(a) regulation 13 of the Beef Special Premium Regulations 2001;

(b) regulation 6 of the Suckler Cow Premium Regulations 2001;

(c) regulation 3B of the Sheep Annual Premium Regulations 1992; and

(d) regulation 8(3) of the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1999.”.

(6) In regulation 13 (application for registration)—

(a) in paragraph (1), the words “premium calves, or premium adult animals, or premium animals generally” shall be substituted for the words “premium animals other than premium calves, or premium calves, or both”; and

(b) in paragraph (2)(g)(i), the words “premium adult animals” shall be substituted for the words “premium animals other than premium calves”.

Whitty

Parliamentary Under-Secretary,

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

6th December 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into force on 1st January 2002, amend the Slaughter Premium Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/3126, as amended by S.I. 2001/3686) (“the principal Regulations”) by removing the distinction between “premium adult animals” and “premium older animals” from those Regulations (regulations 3 and 4). These amendments are made as a consequence of the removal of the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce from exercising functions under those Regulations, and in particular its administration of claims for slaughter premium in respect of bovine animals aged over thirty months, upon its dissolution by virtue of the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce (Abolition) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3686).

The Regulations also make a number of other minor amendments bringing references to Community and other domestic legislation up to date (regulations 3 and 4).

No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in respect of these Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 1972/1811. The power of the Secretary of State, as a Minister designated in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, to make regulations which extend to Scotland remains exercisable by virtue of section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (1998 c. 46). The Secretary of State’s power, as a Minister so designated, to make regulations which extend to Wales is confirmed by article 3(4) of the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2788).

(2)

1972 c. 68.

(3)

S.I. 1993/1317, as amended by S.I. 1994/1134, 1997/1148, 1999/1820 and 2000/2573.

(4)

S.I. 2000/3126, as amended by S.I. 2001/3686.

(5)

OJ No. L160, 26.6.1999, p. 21, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1455/2001 (OJ No. L198, 21.7.2001, p. 58) and Council Regulation (EC) No. 1512/2001 (OJ No. L201, 26.7.2001, p. 1).

(6)

OJ No. L391, 31.12.92, p. 36, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2721/2000 (OJ No. L314, 14.12.2000, p. 8).

(7)

OJ No. L281, 4.11.1999, p. 30.

(8)

OJ No. L118, 19.5.2000, p. 4.

(9)

OJ No. L228, 8.9.2000, p. 25.

(10)

OJ No. L316, 15.12.2000, p. 44.

(11)

OJ No. L29, 31.1.2001, p. 27.

(12)

OJ No. L194, 18.7.2001, p. 4.

(13)

OJ No. L160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.

(14)

OJ No. L198, 21.7.2001, p. 58.

(15)

OJ No. L201, 26.7.2001, p. 1.

(16)

S.I. 2001/2503.

(17)

S.I. 2001/1370.

(18)

S.I. 1992/2677, as amended by 1994/2741, 1995/2779, 1996/49, 1997/2500, 2000/2573 and 2001/281.

(19)

S.I. 1999/3316.