Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1500, as already amended by S.I. 1997/33 and S.I. 1998/206), which extend to Great Britain.

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).

These Regulations set revised rates of payment in respect of the 1999 Scheme year for the annual compensatory allowance for certain breeding cows and ewes payable under regulation 3 of S.I. 1996/1500.

These Regulations also make certain minor amendments consequential on the revocation of the Cattle Identification (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1901) by the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/871), the revocation of Council Regulation (EC) No. 3320/94 by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1103/97, the revocation of Council Regulation (EC) No. 3813/92 by Council Regulation (EC) No. 2799/98 and the replacement by the latter Regulation of the agricultural conversion rate between the ECU and national currency by the currency market exchange rate between the euro and the national currency.

No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in respect of these Regulations.