The Agricultural Commodities (Coronavirus)(Income Support) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2021

Income support payments – broiler pullet producers

6.—(1) The Department may make an income support payment to a broiler pullet producer calculated in accordance with paragraph (3) if the conditions set out in paragraph (2) are met.

(2) The conditions are that the broiler pullet producer–

(a) produced broiler pullets for transfer to a broiler hatching egg producer, which were placed in a broiler hatching egg flock that was subsequently culled during the reference period;

(b) during the reference period had one or more than one intercrop period exceeding 21 days;

(c) during the reference period was recorded on APHIS with a flock number linked to that broiler pullet producer’s business ID; and

(d) has either–

(i) provided consent in writing to the Department to use information provided to the Department by Moy Park Limited (company registration number NI004842) to calculate the amount of income support payment under paragraph (3), subject to confirmation by the broiler pullet producer that the information provided by Moy Park Limited is accurate; or

(ii) where Moy Park Limited has not provided the Department with the information necessary to calculate the amount of the income support payment, provided the Department with details of their business ID, and the number and date of broiler pullets transferred during the reference period to a broiler hatching egg producer.

(3) The amount of income support payment is 80% of–

(a) £0.0048 per broiler pullet or cock reared during the rearing period preceding an intercrop period which occurred during the reference period, for each additional day in excess of the 21 days of that intercrop period, and

(b) £0.191 per broiler pullet reared, if the flock which the pullet was a part of was transferred on to a broiler hatching egg production farm and that flock was subsequently removed from the egg production cycle at less than 60 weeks of age on the broiler hatching egg production farm during the reference period less any performance payment paid.

(4) In this article–

“flock number” means a number issued by the Department to record groupings of pullets within a business ID;

“rearing period” means the period of 18 weeks during which broiler pullets are reared;

“performance payment” means the payment made by Moy Park Limited equal to 10% of the value of the performance payment earned by the broiler hatching egg producer, returned to the broiler pullet rearing producer that produced those birds.