Section 3 Scope of the schemeI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Department may, under and in accordance with the following provisions, pay to any eligible producer a grant in respect of any financial loss incurred by him because of reduced agricultural outputs or increased agricultural production costs as a direct result of abnormally adverse weather conditions in the year 2002.

(2)

The grant payable to each eligible producer shall be the total of all headage payments, production payments and area payments to which he is entitled under this Scheme.

(3)

A headage payment shall be made to an eligible producer in respect of—

(a)

each bovine animal (other than a bull) for which, in respect of the year 2002, that producer received a Suckler Cow Premium or a Beef Special Premium;

(b)

each beef heifer for which, in respect of the year 2002, that producer received a Slaughter Premium;

(c)

each sheep for which, in respect of the year 2002, that producer received a Sheep Annual Premium.

(4)

A production payment shall be made to an eligible producer in respect of—

(a)

each litre of milk (“eligible litre”) sold by wholesale or direct sale in the year 2002;

(b)

the eligible tonnes of table potatoes per hectare sold by him as calculated in accordance with Article 7.

(5)

An area payment shall be made to an eligible producer in respect of each hectare or part of a hectare—

(a)

used by him for the production of spring barley in a less favoured area and for which, in respect of the year 2002, he received an Arable Area Payment (“the eligible barley hectarage”);

(b)

used by him in the production of wheat in a less favoured area and for which in respect of that year, he received an Arable Area Payment (“eligible wheat hectarage”);

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 3 in operation at made date, see Scheme