Regulation 3 Payment

(1)

Subject to the following provisions of these Regulations, the appropriate Minister may make a payment to a beef producer in respect of any heifer, steer or bull—

(a)

kept prior to 20th March 1996 on a holding belonging to that producer;

(b)

either—

(i)

sold by that producer after 19th March 1996 and before 1st July 1996 for slaughter for human consumption; or

(ii)

accepted from that producer for slaughter under the Bull Slaughter Scheme (Northern Ireland) 1996; and

(c)

the carcase of which was, at the date of slaughter, within category A, B, C, or E as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1208/81^f1 determining the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals.

(2)

A payment may be made at such time and in such amount as the appropriate Minister may determine.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: OJ No. L123, 7.5.81, p. 3.