PART 3Import Licences: Part C of the Quota Table and the Preferential Quota Table
CHAPTER 2Applying for an import licence
Suspension of reference quantity28
1
The Secretary of State may publish a notice suspending the requirement to show applicable reference quantity in accordance with regulation 27 in respect of any quota specified in the notice.
2
The notice may be given if—
a
by the end of the ninth month of the quota period, the sum of the quantities specified in all licence applications in respect of the quota concerned is less than the remaining quantity available under that quota; or
b
in the opinion of the Secretary of State, due to the occurrence of abnormal and unforeseeable circumstances, the sum of the quantities remaining to be specified in licence applications in respect of the quota concerned is anticipated to be less than the remaining quantity available under that quota.
3
The period of any suspension must be specified in the notice and may not exceed the end of the quota period.