Conversion of quota: general
21.—(1) For the purposes of–
(a)the provisions of Article 6(2) and (5) of the Council Regulation (which concern changes from direct sales to delivery and vice versa); and
(b)Article 11(2) of the Council Regulation (which concerns replacements of purchasers and changes of purchasers by producers),
a producer may apply to convert direct sales quota to wholesale quota or wholesale quota to direct sales quota either temporarily or permanently.
(2) If a producer wishes to convert quota in any quota year, the producer shall submit to the Scottish Ministers an application in such form as the Scottish Ministers may reasonably require–
(a)stating–
(i)the amount (if any) of direct sales quota of the producer, wholesale quota, direct sales and deliveries for the quota year in which the application is made;
(ii)the amount of unused quota which the producer holds at the time of the application; and
(iii)the amount which the producer wishes the Scottish Ministers to convert; and
(b)including such other information as the Scottish Ministers may reasonably require in order to assess whether the requirements of Article 6(2) and (5) of the Council Regulation and Article 7 of the Commission Regulation (which concerns representative fat content) are met.
(3) The application must reach the Scottish Ministers–
(a)in the case of a permanent conversion of quota, not later than 31st December in the quota year in which the conversion is intended to take effect; and
(b)in the case of a temporary conversion of quota, not later than 14th May in the year following the end of the quota year in which that temporary conversion is intended to take effect.