# Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005, Regulation 21: Conversion of quota: general

Extent: N.I.

(1) For the purposes of –
(a) the provisions of Article 67(2) and (5) of the Council Regulation (which concern changes from direct sales to delivery and vice versa); and
(b) Article 81(2) of the Council Regulation (which concerns replacements of purchasers and changes of purchasers by producers),
a producer may apply to convert direct sales quota to wholesale quota or wholesale quota to direct sales quota either temporarily or permanently.
(2) If a producer wishes to convert quota in any quota year, he shall submit to the Department an application in such form as the Department may reasonably require –
(a) stating –
(i) the amount (if any) of that producer’s direct sales quota, wholesale quota, direct sales and deliveries for the quota year in which the application is made;
(ii) the amount of unused quota which he holds at the time of the application; and
(iii) the amount which he wishes the Department to convert; and
(b) including such other information as the Department may reasonably require in order to assess whether the requirements of Article 67(2) and (5) of the Council Regulation and Article 7 of the Commission Regulation (which concerns representative fat content) are met.
(3) The application shall reach the Department –
(a) in the case of a permanent conversion of quota, not later than 31st December in the quota year in which the conversion is intended to take effect; and
(b) in the case of a temporary conversion of quota, not later than 14th May in the year following the end of the quota year in which that temporary conversion is intended to take effect.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/70/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/dairy-produce-quotas-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-21
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