# The Sheep Annual Premium and Suckler Cow Premium Quotas Regulations 2003, Paragraph 4

Extent: E+W+S+NI

(1) In the case of a successful application for an allocation of quota from the national reserve for any given year by a person falling within paragraph (a) of category III, group (b), or paragraph (a) of category IV, the amount of quota allocated to that person shall be the amount of quota specified in that application, provided that amount is reasonable in the circumstances.
(2) In the case of a successful application for an allocation of quota from the national reserve for any given year by a person falling within paragraph (b) of category III, group (b), or paragraph (b) of category IV, the amount of quota allocated to him shall correspond with the number of animals specified in the successful application for the immediately preceding year, unless the number of eligible animals kept on the applicant’s holding throughout the retention period for that last-mentioned application was lower than the number specified in it, in which case the amount of quota allocated to him shall correspond with that lower number.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2261/schedule/4/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-annual-premium-and-suckler-cow-premium-quotas-regulations-2003/schedule-4/paragraph-4
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