7.—(1) The Department may make an income support payment to a broiler hatching egg producer calculated in accordance with paragraph (3) if the conditions set out in paragraph (2) are met.
(2) The conditions are that the broiler hatching egg producer–
(a)during the reference period had produced broiler hatching eggs;
(b)during the reference period had their flock removed from the egg production cycle at less than 60 weeks;
(c)during the reference period had one or more than one intercrop period exceeding 28 days;
(d)during the reference period was recorded on APHIS with a flock number linked to that broiler hatching egg producer’s business ID; and
(e)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 the income support payment under paragraph (3), subject to confirmation by the broiler hatching egg 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 on which the broiler pullets being used to lay hatching eggs were culled.
(3) The amount of income support payment is 80% of–
(a)£0.0113 per pullet placed in the flock during the laying period preceding an intercrop period which occurred during the reference period, for each additional day in excess of the 28 days of that intercrop period, and
(b)£1.0573 per pullet placed in the flock that was culled from the egg production cycle at less than 60 weeks of age during the reference period less any performance payment paid on that laying flock.
(4) In this article–
“flock number” means a number issued by the Department to record groupings of pullets within a business ID;
“laying period” means the period between 18 weeks and 60 weeks of age during which broiler pullets produce eggs;
“performance payment” means the payment made by Moy Park Limited to the broiler hatching egg producer for achieving above target levels of technical performance or output from a flock of laying birds.