Income support payments – sheep producers6.
(1)
The Department may make an income support payment, calculated in accordance with the formula specified in paragraph (3) to a sheep producer if the conditions in paragraph (2) are met.
(2)
The conditions are that the sheep producer–
(a)
had completed the 2019 sheep inventory and recorded sheep or ewes;
(b)
was recorded on APHIS with an ovine flock number linked to that sheep producer’s business ID; and
(c)
provides consent in writing for the Department to use information belonging to the applicant and held on APHIS which is reasonable and necessary for the Department to calculate the amount of income support payment under paragraph (3), subject to confirmation by the applicant that the information used is accurate.
(3)
The amount of income support payment is £1.40 per ewe registered to the sheep producer in the 2019 sheep inventory.
(4)
In this article “ovine flock number” means a number issued by the Department to record animal groupings within a business ID.
(5)
This article is subject to article 8.