3.—(1) An application for premium shall be in such form and shall contain such particulars relating to that application as the competent authority may reasonably request.
(2) A producer who applies for a premium in respect of a marketing year shall deliver his application to the competent authority–
(a)on or after 15th November and not later than 15th December in the preceding marketing year; or
(b)on or after 15th January in the calendar year in which the marketing year commences and not later than 20th February in that calendar year.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) above, a producer marketing sheep’s milk or sheep’s milk products who applies for the premium for the heavy category under Article 5(4) of the Council Regulation in respect of a marketing year shall deliver his application to the competent authority on or after 15th November and not later than 15th December in the preceding marketing year.