# The Hill Farm Allowance Regulations 2006, Paragraph 1: Breeding cows

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) Subject to paragraph 4, a breeding cow is a relevant animal for the purposes of these Regulations if—
(a) it is declared by the claimant in his single payment scheme application;
(b) it is of a meat breed, or is a crossbreed, or the offspring of a crossbreed;
(c) it is entered by the claimant into the register referred to in regulation 29(3) of the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998, and the claimant complies with those Regulations in respect of that register;
(d) it was, throughout the relevant period, part of a herd used for rearing calves for meat production only;
(e) it was, throughout the relevant period, owned by the claimant, or leased to him under a leasing agreement in writing, and throughout that period the claimant had economic responsibility for it; and
(f) it was kept on the claimant’s holding throughout the relevant period.
(2) In this paragraph—
(a) “crossbreed” means a bovine animal with at least one parent of a meat breed;
(b) “meat breed” means any bovine breed which is not listed in Annex XV to Commission Regulation 1973/2004.
(3) In this paragraph and in paragraph 3, “the relevant period” means a period of six consecutive months, starting on any date between 1st July 2005 and 31st December 2005 inclusive.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/225/schedule/5/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/hill-farm-allowance-regulations-2006/schedule-5/paragraph-1
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