The Agriculture Improvement Regulations 1985

Amendment of the 1981 Regulations

19.—(1) Regulation 11 of the 1981 Regulations (restrictions on approval of grant) shall be amended—

(a) by substituting in paragraph (1)(a) for the words “will not exceed 550, and” the words

“will not exceed—

(i) 500 where the application is received before 31st December 1986,

(ii) 400 where the application is received on or after that date and before 31st December 1987, and”;

(b) by inserting in paragraph (1)(b) after the words “unless that Minister is satisfied” the words “that the effect of such expenditure will not be to exceed the reference quantity or, where appropriate, the additional reference quantity determined in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No. 857/84 (1) adopting general rules for the application of the levy referred to in Article 5c of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 804/68(2) in the milk and milk products sector and”.

(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply in relation to—

(a) any work, facility or transaction included in an application received by the appropriate Minister before the day after the day on which these regulations are made for a variation of a development plan approved for the purposes of the 1981 Regulations, or

(b) any claim for grant towards expenditure incurred for the purposes of those regulations before that day;

and that paragraph shall not affect the operation of the 1981 Regulations in relation to any such work, facility or transaction or claim for grant.

(1)

, amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 590/85 and Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1305/85

(2)

Article 5c was inserted by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 856/84 and subsequently amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1557/84 and Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1298/85