Section 4 Persons eligible for payments under this Scheme
The Secretary of State may make payments under this Scheme to any person who is or has been a registered milk producer and who–
undertakes to cease producing milk for sale or for the manufacture of any milk product for sale and to surrender all his milk quota to the reserve; or
is entitled to a total milk quota of at least 242,790 litres, and
undertakes to reduce his production of milk for sale or for the manufacture of any milk product for sale and to surrender not less than 50% of his milk quota to the reserve.
The Secretary of State shall not make any payment under subparagraph (1) in respect of milk quota against which milk has been or will at the date of surrender have been produced in the 1987/1988 quota year.
No payment under subparagraph (1) shall be made to a person who has at any time received as applicant a payment under–
Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1353/73f1 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1821/73f2 (which together lay down a Scheme to encourage the reduction of the production of milk and milk products);
the Farm Structures (Payments to Outgoers) Scheme 1976f3;
Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1078/77f4 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1307/77f5 (which together lay down Schemes to encourage the reduction of the production of milk and milk products);
a non-statutory Scheme under which a person receiving payments undertook to give up milk production for the period specified in, and in accordance with the terms of, that Scheme; or
the Milk (Community Outgoers' Scheme) (Scotland) Regulations 1986f6 or any other Scheme corresponding with this Scheme which applies in any other part of the United Kingdom.