# The Brucellosis (Beef Incentives) Payments Scheme 1972, Article 3: Incentive payments for the eradication of brucellosis


(1) Payments, to be known as incentive payments, may be made by the appropriate Minister in accordance with the provisions of this scheme in connection with the eradication of brucellosis from herds of cattle.
(2) Such incentive payments shall be made by way of supplement to subsidy payments under a hill cattle or beef cow scheme, and shall be subject to the terms and conditions governing the subsidy payments to which they are supplemental.
(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (5) below, incentive payments under this scheme may be made in respect of a herd when a qualifying day for the purposes of a hill cattle scheme or a prescribed date for the purpose of a beef cow scheme, as the case may be, falls within the appropriate qualifying period specified in paragraph 4 or paragraph 5 below, and on that qualifying day or prescribed date—
(a) in the case of a herd in Great Britain, the herd is the subject of a brucellosis incentives agreement and either is an accredited herd or has undergone a final test as a result of which it subsequently becomes an accredited herd;
(b) in the case of a herd in Northern Ireland, the herd is a certified herd or is to the satisfaction of the Ministry fully qualified for certification.
(4) The amount of any such incentive payment shall be £5 for each animal which qualifies for the subsidy payment to which the incentive payment is supplemental.
(5) No payment shall be made under this scheme—
(a) in respect of a herd which for the time being qualifies for incentive payments under the Brucellosis Payments Scheme 1971, or
(b) by way of supplement to subsidy payments under a hill cattle scheme which is in force on the date on which this scheme is made, or
(c) in relation to a qualifying day or prescribed date before 1st January 1972.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1329/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/brucellosis-beef-incentives-payments-scheme-1972/article-3
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