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Explanatory note

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1

These Regulations amend the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1500, as already amended by S.I. 1997/33).

2

Those Regulations of 1996 extend to Great Britain.

3

S.I. 1996/1500 complies with Council Regulation (EC) No. 950/97 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (OJ No. L142, 2.6.97, p.1).

4

These Regulations set revised rates of payment in respect of the 1998 Scheme year for the annual compensatory allowance for certain breeding cows and ewes payable under regulation 3 of S.I. 1996/1500.

5

These Regulations also make minor drafting changes to regulations 2(1) and (3), 3(2), 9(5)(a) and 12(4) of S.I. 1996/1500.

6

No regulatory appraisal has been prepared in respect of these Regulations.