Explanatory note

These Regulations establish the Bovine Genetics Genotyping Scheme. The Scheme provides for payments to be made by the Department to eligible farm businesses to subsidise the cost of genotyping eligible bovines within their herds.

The Scheme—

specifies the payments available (regulation 3);

specifies the eligibility criteria for animals and farm businesses (regulations 4, 5 and 6);

specifies procedures for inadequate samples and tampering (regulations 7 and 8);

specifies the use of NIFAIS information (regulation 9);

provides the powers for withholding and recovery of overpayments (regulation 10);

provides for the powers of authorised persons (regulations 11);

specifies amendment of Regulation (EU) No1306/2013 (regulation 12);

and

specifies eligible bovine breeds (Schedule).