The Agricultural Commodities (Coronavirus)(Income Support) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2020

Income support payments for cattle producers

6.—(1) The Department may make an income support payment in accordance with paragraph (2), (3) or (4) to each cattle producer who–

(a) was recorded on the APHIS with a bovine herd number linked to that cattle producer’s business ID;

(b) provides consent in writing for the Department to use information belonging to the cattle producer and held on APHIS which is reasonable and necessary for the Department to calculate the amount of income support payment under paragraph (2), (3) or (4), subject to confirmation by the cattle producer that the information used is accurate; and

(c) complies with the conditions of either paragraph (2), (3) or (4).

(2) A cattle producer who was linked by business ID to the last registered keeper of an animal on APHIS on 15th February 2020 is eligible to an income support payment of £33 per animal if sub-paragraph (a) and (b) apply, and may be eligible to an additional payment if either sub-paragraph (c), (d) or (e) apply–

(a) the animal was aged from 8 month or over at the date of slaughter; and

(b) that animal was slaughtered during the period beginning on 16th February 2020 and ending on 30th June 2020 (both dates inclusive);

(c) £40 per animal aged 12 months and over at the date of slaughter, where the animal was slaughtered during the period beginning on 29th March 2020 and ending on 16th May 2020 (both dates inclusive), if the cattle producer was linked by business ID to the last registered keeper of the animal on APHIS on 28th March;

(d) £40.00 per animal aged 12 months and over at the date of slaughter, where the animal was slaughtered during the period beginning on 17th May 2020 and ending on 30th June 2020 and that cattle producer was–

(i) linked by business ID to the last registered keeper on APHIS on 28th March 2020; and

(ii) was not linked by business ID to the last registered keeper on APHIS of that animal on 16th May 2020; or

(e) £13.50 per animal aged from 8 months to less than 12 months of age at the date of slaughter, where the animal was slaughtered during the period beginning on 5th April 2020 and ending on 23rd May 2020 (both dates inclusive) if the cattle producer was linked by business ID to the last registered keeper of the animal on APHIS on 4th April 2020.

(3) A cattle producer is eligible to an income support payment of £40.00 per animal where–

(a) that cattle producer was linked by business ID to the last registered keeper of an animal on APHIS on 28th March 2020;

(b) that cattle producer was not linked by business ID to the last registered keeper on APHIS on 15th February 2020;

(c) the animal was aged 12 months and over at the date of slaughter, and

(d) that animal was slaughtered during the period beginning on 29th March 2020 and ending on 16th May 2020 (both dates inclusive).

(4) A cattle producer is eligible to an income support payment of £40.00 per animal where–

(a) that cattle producer was linked by business ID to the last registered keeper of an animal on APHIS on 28th March 2020;

(b) that cattle producer was not linked by business ID to the last registered keeper on APHIS on 15th February 2020 and on 16th May 2020;

(c) the animal was aged 12 months and over at the date of slaughter, and

(d) that animal was slaughtered during the period beginning on 17th May 2020 and ending on 30th June 2020 (both dates inclusive).

(5) A cattle producer is eligible to a payment under paragraph (3) or (4) whether or not the cattle producer who was linked by business ID to the last registered keeper of that animal on APHIS on 15th February 2020 has made an application under paragraph (2).

(6) An income support payment must not be made if–

(a) the animal slaughtered was certified on APHIS as unfit for human consumption; or

(b) compensation for the animal has been paid by the Department under Article 11 of the Tuberculosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 1999(1).

(7) In this Article “bovine herd number” means a number issued by the Department to record animal groupings within a business ID.

(1)

S.R. 1999 No. 263 as amended by S.R. 2004 No. 363; S.R. 2005 No. 53 and S.R. 2012 No. 314