{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dairy-produce-quotas-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dairy-produce-quotas-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/70",
  "legislation_title": "Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dairy-produce-quotas-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Records to be kept by producers",
  "text": "(1) In respect of each quota year, a direct seller shall keep, and retain for the relevant period, records comprising –\n(a) details of the quota held by him, including any permanent and temporary transfers of quota if appropriate;\n(b) his herd records (comprising number and breed of cows and calved heifers in dairy herd with details of number of cows in milk and number of cows dry);\n(c) daily records of milk produced;\n(d) invoices of any feed purchased;\n(e) details recorded as a result of his participation in a milk recording scheme;\n(f) details of quantities of milk processed, methods of processing and quantities and type of milk products produced;\n(g) details of quantities of whole milk used in the production of milk products (with conversion rates applied);\n(h) if he holds 4,855 or more litres of direct sales quota, details of quantities and types of milk and milk products which are produced and used on his holding for stock feeding and human consumption;\n(i) if he holds 4,855 or more litres of direct sales quota, details of quantities and types of milk and milk products which are disposed of (other than under head (h)) or wasted on the holding;\n(j) without prejudice to head (i), details of any milk or milk products which –\n(i) were transported from his holding to be destroyed elsewhere for sanitary purposes pursuant to a decision of the Department or the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety;\n(ii) were so destroyed; and\n(iii) as a consequence, are to be excluded from the levy calculation,\nincluding information about the reason why such destruction was necessary and details of where, when and how such destruction occurred;\n(k) details of quantities and types of milk and milk products sold directly to the consumer or transferred free of charge from his holding (including milk and milk products sold on his holding);\n(l) details of quantities and types of milk and milk products purchased, exchanged or otherwise received by him, and records relating to their disposal; and\n(m) details of stocks of milk and milk products held by him on a monthly basis.\n(2) Where a direct seller also delivers milk or milk products to a purchaser, he shall, in respect of each quota year, also keep, and retain for the relevant period, records comprising –\n(a) details of quantities and types of milk and milk products delivered by him and the name and address of any purchaser involved;\n(b) the payment slips issued in respect of any such purchaser; and\n(c) where there is a discrepancy between a purchaser’s payment slip and the relevant tanker receipt, that tanker receipt.\n(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(e) and paragraph 3(h) “milk recording scheme” means a scheme under which the amount of milk produced by a cow during a lactation is measured in terms of volume and compositional quality by a person independent of the producer; and for this purpose “lactation” means the period commencing with calving and ending when the cow requires to be milked only once a day.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 2(1)(h)(i) inserted (31.3.2007) by Dairy Produce Quotas (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/33), regs. 1, 3(10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2 in operation at 31.3.2005, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/70/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:54:05.960087+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}