# The Beef (Marketing Payment) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 1997, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Beef (Marketing Payment) (No. 2) Regulations 1996 to provide for further payments to be made by the appropriate Minister (defined in regulation 2 of the principal Regulations) to beef producers in the United Kingdom in pursuance of Article 4(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1357/96 (OJ No. L175, 13.7.96, p.9), which permits member States to make additional payments to producers in the beef and veal sector.
The Regulations make provision for such payments to be made in respect of certain bovine animals sold after 30th September 1996 and before 10th November 1996 for slaughter for human consumption, and also in respect of animals slaughtered in the same period by or on behalf of a beef producer for sale for human consumption.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/195/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/beef-marketing-payment-no-2-amendment-regulations-1997/note
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