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The Sheep Variable Premium (Protection of Payments) (Amendment) Order 1981

S.I. 1981/751 · Made 15 May 1981

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AGRICULTURE

Made 15th May 1981

Laid before Parliament 21st May 1981

Coming into Operation 22nd May 1981

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretaries of State for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5 and 35(3) of the Agriculture Act 1957f1, and now vested in them and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:—

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Footnotes

f1

Section 5 is applied to Community arrangements by section 6(3) and (4) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68) and is to be read with the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of principal order
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Sheep Variable Premium (Protection of Payments) (Amendment) Order 1981, and shall come into operation on 22nd May 1981.

2Amendment of principal order

The Sheep Variable Premium (Protection of Payments) (No. 2) Order 1980 shall be amended by substituting in Schedule 1 thereto, for subparagraph (b) of the first paragraph (which prescribes the marks to be placed on animals approved for certification as being eligible for a premium payment), the following sub-paragraph:—

“(b)

a circular punch hole about 6 millimetres in diameter.”.

Signature

In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 11th May 1981.

L.S.

Peter Walker

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

George Younger

Secretary of State for Scotland

11th May 1981

Nicholas Edwards

Secretary of State for Wales

13th May 1981

Humphrey Atkins

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

15th May 1981

Explanatory note

This Order amends the Sheep Variable Premium (Protection of Payments) (No. 2) Order 1980 by substituting a new mark for application to any animal qualifying for a premium payment before certification for such payment, in place of the mark prescribed in paragraph (b) of the first paragraph of Schedule 1 thereto. The effect of this change is to allow for a smaller hole to be punched in the ear of a qualifying animal.