Amendment of the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1997

4.  In regulation 7 (transfer of quota with transfer of land)—

(a) in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(a) a notice of transfer in such form as may reasonably be required by the Intervention Board—

(i) in the case of a transfer made by lease before 1st March, on or before 1st March in the quota year in which the transfer takes place;

(ii) in the case of a transfer made otherwise than by lease, on or before 31st March in the quota year in which the transfer takes place;

and in any case no later than 28 days after the change of occupation of the holding or part of the holding; and”; and

(b) in paragraph (6), for the words “Where a transferee fails to submit the notice referred to in paragraph (1)(a) no later than seven working days after the end of the quota year in which the transfer takes place,” there shall be substituted the words—

• “Where a notice of transfer in the form required by the Intervention Board has not been submitted (in the case of a transfer made by lease) on or before 1st March or (in the case of a transfer made otherwise than by lease) on or before 31st March in the quota year in which the transfer takes place,”.