# The Private Storage Aid for Pigmeat (England) Regulations 2021, Regulation 5: Applications for private storage aid

Extent: E+W

(1) An eligible operator may make an application for aid for private storage for eligible products (a “PSA application”) at any time—
(a) on or after the commencement day, and
(b) before noon on the earlier of—
(i) 31st March 2022, or
(ii) the last working day on which the declaration made by the Secretary of State under section 20 of the Agriculture Act 2020 on 11th November 2021, as extended or revoked, has effect; and for this purpose “working day” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday in England and Wales within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.
(2) An eligible operator may make more than one PSA application.
(3) A PSA application must—
(a) be for a storage period of 60, 90, 120, 150 or 180 days;
(b) relate to only one of the following—
(i) one of the products in table 1;
(ii) one of the products described in the entry in column 3 of table 2 relating to category 3;
(iii) products in category 5;
(iv) products in category 6.
(c) be in respect of at least—
(i) 15 tonnes of eligible products, where the application relates to products in table 1;
(ii) 10 tonnes of eligible products, where the application relates to products in table 2;
(d) not relate to any eligible products which have already been placed into storage.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b) a reference to a numbered category is a reference to the corresponding numbered category in column 1 of table 2.
(5) This regulation is subject to Article 45 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/1240 (decisions on applications for aid for private storage fixed in advance) as modified by regulation 7.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1269/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/private-storage-aid-for-pigmeat-england-regulations-2021/regulation-5
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