Article 5 Qualifying period for incentive payments in Northern Ireland

(1)

Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the qualifying period for incentive payments in respect of a herd in Northern Ireland shall commence—

(a)

in the case of such a herd as is referred to under head (a) of the definition of a certified herd in paragraph 2 above, on the date of the final test as a result of which it has become a certified herd, except where on 1st September 1970 the Ministry was satisfied that the herd was reinfected with brucellosis, in which case the period shall commence with the date on which the herd is subsequently found to the satisfaction of the Ministry to be free from that reinfection;

(b)

in the case of such a herd as is referred to under head (b) of that definition, on the date on which, to the satisfaction of the Ministry, the herd has become fully qualified for certification;

and shall end two years after it has commenced or on 31st March 1973, whichever is the later.

(2)

The qualifying period for a herd, if it continues until 31st March 1974, shall then come to an end, unless on 31st March 1972—

(a)

the herd was already in being and was not a certified herd, and

(b)

the last test as a result of which it became a certified herd had not been made,

or unless on 1st September 1970 the herd was a certified herd as to which the Ministry was satisfied that it was reinfected with brucellosis.