Hill Farming Act 1946

13 Schemes for subsidy payments in respect of hill sheep and hill cattle

(1) The appropriate Minister may—

(a) in accordance with schemes made. by him with the approval of the Treasury as respects England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively, make, out of moneys provided by Parliament, payments in respect of sheep of such descriptions as may be specified in the schemes respectively, and are comprised, on any of the relevant days as hereinafter defined, in flocks of such descriptions as may be so specified, being flocks kept in accordance with the schemes, in the areas to which they respectively relate, on hill land as thereby defined ;

(b) in accordance with schemes so made, make, out of moneys so provided, in respect of the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven and each of the four next succeeding years, payments in respect of cattle of such descriptions as may be specified in the schemes respectively, being cattle grazed in accordance with the schemes, in the areas to which they respectively relate, on hill land as thereby defined.

(2) Schemes made under paragraphs (a) and (b) of the preceding subsection respectively are in this Act referred to respectively as " hill sheep schemes " and " hill cattle schemes ", a payment falling to be made in respect of an animal in accordance with any such scheme is in this Act referred to as a " subsidy payment", and, for the purposes of the provisions of this Act relating to hill sheep schemes, the expression " the relevant days " means, in relation to such a scheme having effect as respects England and Wales or Scotland, such day of December in the year nineteen hundred and forty-six and in the four next succeeding years as may be specified in the scheme in relation to each of those years and, in relation to such a scheme having effect as respects Northern Ireland, such day of January in the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven and in the four next succeeding years as may be so specified.