{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-annual-premium-and-suckler-cow-premium-quotas-regulations-2003/schedule-4/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-annual-premium-and-suckler-cow-premium-quotas-regulations-2003/schedule-4/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2261",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep Annual Premium and Suckler Cow Premium Quotas Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-annual-premium-and-suckler-cow-premium-quotas-regulations-2003",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph, in the case of a successful application for an allocation of quota from the national reserve for a given year by a person falling within category II—\n(a) where a single producer takes over the whole of the land from which the quota has been removed, the amount of quota allocated to that producer shall correspond with the amount of quota acquired by the departing tenant or sharefarmer in respect of that land under the Community legislation other than by way of lease or transfer;\n(b) where a single producer takes over part only of the land from which the quota has been removed, the amount of quota allocated to that producer shall equal\nA×(B/C) where\nA is the quota acquired as specified in paragraph (a) of this sub-paragraph, B is the available forage hectarage of that part and C is the available forage hectarage of that land;\n(c) where a number of producers simultaneously take over the whole of the land from which the quota has been removed—\n(i) the total amount of quota allocated to those producers shall correspond with the amount of quota acquired by the departing tenant or sharefarmer in respect of that land under the Community legislation other than by way of lease or transfer, and\n(ii) the amount of quota allocated to each producer shall—\n(aa) where the producers concerned farm the land as a single holding, be that agreed between them or if there is no such agreement such amount as gives each producer an equal allocation of quota units with any surplus being carried forward for distribution from the following national reserve, or\n(bb) where the producers concerned farm the land individually in separate holdings, be calculated by reference to the available forage hectarage of his holding; and\n(d) where a number of producers simultaneously take over part only of the land from which the quota has been removed—\n(i) the total amount of quota allocated to those producers shall equal\nA×(B/C) where\nA is the quota acquired as specified in paragraph (c)(i) of this sub-paragraph, B is the available forage hectarage of that part and C is the available forage hectarage of that land, and\n(ii) the amount of quota allocated to each producer shall—\n(aa) where the producers concerned farm the land taken over as a single holding, be that agreed between them or if there is no such agreement such amount as gives each producer an equal allocation of quota units with any surplus being carried forward for distribution from the following national reserve, or\n(bb) where the producers concerned farm the land taken over individually in separate holdings, be calculated by reference to the available forage hectarage of his holding.\n(2) Notwithstanding sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph, where the holding of the departing tenant or sharefarmer comprised both the land from which quota had been removed and other production units, the total amount of quota available for allocation to the producer taking over the land from which quota had been removed shall be that specified in the relevant tenancy or sharefarming agreement or (where that information is not available) shall equal\nA×(B/C) where\nA is the amount of quota acquired by that tenant or sharefarmer other than by way of lease or transfer, B is the available forage hectarage of that land and C is the available forage hectarage of that holding.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2261/schedule/4/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:00:23.961125+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}