The Arable Area Payments Regulations 1996

Adjustment or annulment of contracts relating to the provision of specified raw materials grown on set-aside land

3.—(1) A farmer shall not adjust or annual any contract relating to set-aside land concerned, submitted to the Minister in accordance with Article 6(1) of Commission Regulation 334/93, pursuant to Article 7(2) of that Regulation, unless he has notified the Minister of the proposed adjustment or annulment, and the collector or processor with whom the contract was made has similarly notified the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce at least 10 working days before such adjustment or annulment takes effect.

(2) Where as a result of such adjustment or annulment any land set aside for the provision of specified raw materials is no longer to be used for such provision, the farmer shall–

(a) dispose of any crop remaining on the land by a method which the Minister is satisfied will result in its destruction; and

(b) subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, be subject to the requirements of Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

(3) The Minister may grant the farmer an exemption from any requirement of Schedule 2 to these Regulations where he considers that the imposition of such a requirement would be unreasonable having regard to the date on which the contract was adjusted or annulled in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) above.