The Sheep Annual Premium and Suckler Cow Premium Quotas Regulations 1997

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Title and commencement

3. 2. Interpretation

4. 3. Location of holdings

5. 4. Transfer or lease of quota: notification

6. 5. Transfer or lease of quota: other provisions

7. 6. Transfer of quota with holding

8. 7. Sensitive zones

9. 8. Transfers and leases between sensitive zones

10. 9. Division of national reserves

11. 10. Distribution of quota among divisions

12. 11. Allocations of quota from the national reserve

13. 12. Quota register

14. 13. Copies of quota register entries

15. 14. Verification of applications for allocations of quota from a particular national reserve

16. 15. Offences and penalties

17. 16. Revocation

18. Signature

19. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       SENSITIVE ZONES

       1. 1. Less-favoured farming areas in England

       2. 2. Less-favoured farming areas in Wales

       3. 3. Less-favoured farming areas in the Scottish Highlands and Islands

       4. 4. Other less-favoured farming areas in Scotland

       5. 5. The rest of Great Britain

       6. 6. Northern Ireland

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       1. PART I CASES IN WHICH SUCKLER COW PREMIUM QUOTA SHALL BE TAKEN TO BE TRANSFERRED TOGETHER WITH THE HOLDING

          1. Case A

          2. Case B

          3. Case C

       2. PART II CASES IN WHICH SHEEP ANNUAL PREMIUM QUOTA SHALL BE TAKEN TO BE TRANSFERRED TOGETHER WITH THE HOLDING

          1. Case A

          2. Case B

          3. Case C

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       1. PART I CATEGORIES OF PERSON ELIGIBLE TO BE ALLOCATED QUOTA FROM THE NATIONAL RESERVE FOR A GIVEN YEAR

          1. CATEGORY I

          2. CATEGORY II

          3. CATEGORY III, GROUP (a)

          4. CATEGORY III, GROUP (b)

          5. CATEGORY IV

          6. CATEGORY V

          7. CATEGORY VI, GROUP (a)

          8. CATEGORY VI, GROUP (b)

       2. PART II CONDITION WHICH HAS TO BE SATISFIED IF A PERSON IS TO FALL WITHIN CATEGORY II

       3. PART III CONDITIONS WHICH HAVE TO BE SATISFIED IF A PERSON IS TO FALL WITHIN CATEGORY III, GROUP (b), OR CATEGORY IV

          1. 1. A person falls within category III, group (b), only if...

          2. 2. A person falls within category IV only if he is...

          3. 3. In the case of category III, group (b), and category...

          4. 4. In the case of category III, group (b), and category...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       AMOUNTS OF QUOTA TO BE ALLOCATED FROM THE NATIONAL RESERVE FOR ANY GIVEN YEAR

       1. 1. In the case of a successful application for an allocation...

       2. 2. (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph, in the...

       3. 3. In the case of a successful application for an allocation...

       4. 4. (1) In the case of a successful application for an...

       5. 5. In the case of a successful application for an allocation...

       6. 6. (1) In the case of a successful application for an...

       7. 7. In the case of a successful application for an allocation...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       WHEN ALLOCATIONS OF QUOTA FROM A GIVEN NATIONAL RESERVE ARE TO BE EFFECTIVE AND WHEN THEY ARE TO BE REGARDED AS HAVING BEEN OBTAINED FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMMISSION REGULATIONS3567/92 AND 3886/92

       1. 1. In the case of any allocation of quota from the...

       2. 2. A person obtains quota for the purposes of Article 6...

20. Explanatory Note