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SCHEDULE 2PAYMENT

PART 1CALCULATING A LEVY AND PAYMENT

1Levy imposed on a slaughterer or exporter is to be calculated in accordance with this Part.

2Levy is calculated by adding together the following separate components in respect of each animal slaughtered or exported—

(a)the production component, and

(b)the slaughter or export component.

3(1)The Welsh Ministers may determine the rate of the production component and the slaughter or export component.

(2)The Welsh Ministers may determine different rates for different cases (including different descriptions of slaughterer or exporter and different descriptions of animal).

(3)The rates determined under this paragraph may include a nil rate, but cannot exceed the maximum rates set out in this Schedule.

4For the purposes of the tables set out in the following paragraphs—

(a)a calf is an animal under six months old (in the case of an exported animal) or an animal with a dressed slaughter weight of less than 68 kg (in the case of a slaughtered animal); and

(b)a reference to “cattle” does not include calves.

Maximum rate of production component

5The production component in respect of each animal cannot exceed the maximum rates set out in the following table—

AnimalMaximum rate of production component per animal(£)
Cattle5.25
Calves0.50
Sheep0.60
Pigs1.075

Maximum rate of slaughter or export component

6The slaughter or export component in respect of each animal cannot exceed the maximum rates set out in the following table—

AnimalMaximum rate of slaughter or export per animal (£)
Cattle1.75
Calves0.50
Sheep0.20
Pigs0.275