Article 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

(1)

The title of this Order is the Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (Wales) Order 2006 and it comes into force on 27 October 2006.

(2)

This Order applies in relation to Wales.

(3)

Any reference in this Order to “Schedule 1” or “Schedule 2” is a reference to the appropriate Schedule attached to this Order.

(4)

In this Order:

(a)

“Council Regulation 1251/99” (“Rheoliad y Cyngor 1251/99”) means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops^f1 as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003^f2;

(b)

“Council Regulation 1254/99” (“Rheoliad y Cyngor 1254/99”) means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal^f3 as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1455/2001^f4; Council Regulation (EC) No. 1512/2001^f5; Council Regulation (EC) No. 2345/2001^f6; the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded^f7; Council Regulation (EC) No. 806/2003^f8 and the amendments made by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003^f9 to Article 10(1) and Annexes 1 and 2 of Council Regulation 1254/99;

(c)

“Council Regulation 2529/01” (“Rheoliad y Cyngor 2529/01”) means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2529/2001 on the common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat^f10 as amended by the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded^f11;

(d)

“marketing year” (“blwyddyn farchnata”) is to be construed in accordance with Council Regulation 1251/1999.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: OJ No. L160, 26.6.99, p.1. Council Regulation (EC) No. 1251/99 was also repealed by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003 (Article 153(3)) with application from 28 October 2003 (Article 156(2)) but continued to apply to the marketing year 2004/2005 (1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005).
f2: OJ No. L270, 21.10.03, p.1.
f3: OJ No. L160, 26.6.99, p.21. Council Regulation 1254/99 has been further amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003 and by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1913/2005 (OJ No. L307, 25.11.05, p.2), however, for the purposes of assessments made under Article 2 of this Order, these further amendments to Council Regulation 1254/99 are to be disregarded.
f4: OJ No. L198, 21.07.01, p.58.
f5: OJ No. L201, 26.07.01, p.1.
f6: OJ No. L315, 1.12.01, p.29.
f7: OJ No. L236, 23.09.03, p.33.
f8: OJ No. L122, 16.05.03, p.1.
f9: OJ No. L270, 21.10.03, p.1.
f10: OJ No. L341, 22.12.01, p.3. Council Regulation 2529/01 has been further amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003 (OJ No. L270, 21.10.03, p.1) and Council Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ No. L307, 25.11.05, p.2), however, for the purposes of assessments made under Article 2 of this Order, these further amendments to Council Regulation 2529/01 are to be disregarded.
f11: OJ No. L236, 23.09.03, p.33.