# The Brucellosis Payments Scheme 1971, Article 6: Qualifying periods for incentive payments


(1) Subject to paragraphs 7 and 8(2) below, the qualifying period for incentive payments in respect of a herd shall commence in the case of beef incentive payments with the appropriate date specified in relation to that herd in sub-paragraph (2) below and in the case of dairy incentive payments with the beginning of the first calendar month after that date.
(2) The date referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above shall be—
(a) where the owner of the herd has entered into an area eradication agreement within such period after the first compulsory test as appears to the appropriate Minister to be reasonable for the purpose, the date of that test;
(b) where the owner has entered into such an agreement after the expiry of that period, the date of the first test after the agreement has been entered into.
(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (5) below, the qualifying period shall end in the case of beef incentive payments one year after the appropriate date specified in relation to that herd in sub-paragraph (4) below, and in the case of dairy incentive payments with the expiry of the twelfth complete calendar month after that date.
(4) The date referred to in sub-paragraph (3) above shall be—
(a) in the case of such a herd as is referred to under head (a) of the definition of an accredited herd in paragraph 2 above, the date of the last test before it becomes an accredited herd;
(b) in the case of such a herd as is referred to under head (b) of that definition, the date on which the first animal to be comprised in the herd is moved on to the premises where the herd is to be kept.
(5) Where an area eradication agreement ceases to apply to a herd before the end of the qualifying period as determined in accordance with sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) above, the qualifying period shall end in the case of beef incentive payments with the date on which the agreement ceases to apply to the herd and in the case of dairy incentive payments with the expiry of the calendar month in which that date occurs, without prejudice to the resumption of such payments under a further area eradication agreement.
(6) For the purposes of this paragraph the date of a test is the date when samples are first taken from cattle for use in the test.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1971/1967/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/brucellosis-payments-scheme-1971/article-6
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