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The Suckler Cow Premium (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 1992

S.I. 1992/2918 · Made 19 November 1992

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AGRICULTURE

Made 19th November 1992

Laid before Parliament 26th November 1992

Coming into force 27th November 1992

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State concerned with agriculture in Wales and Scotland, with the consent of the Treasury, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 3 of the Agriculture and Forestry (Financial Provisions) Act 1991f1 and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, being Ministers designatedf2 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f3 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Economic Community, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1991 c. 33; section 3(4) contains a definition of “the Minister”.

f2

S.I. 1972/1811.

f3

1972 c. 68.

Contents

  1. 1Title, extent, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of the principal Regulations
  3. 3Amendment of the principal Regulations
  4. 4Amendment of the principal Regulations
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Title, extent, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Suckler Cow Premium (AmendmentNo. 3) Regulations 1992, shall apply in Great Britain and shall come into force on27th November 1992.

(2)

In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Suckler Cow Premium Regulations 1991f1.

2Amendment of the principal Regulations

The principal Regulations shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

3Amendment of the principal Regulations

After regulation 3 of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following regulation—

“Application period

3A

In respect of that period for lodging applications for Community premium which commenced on 15th June 1992, an application for such premium shall, subject to Article 1a of the Commission Regulationf1 (which deals with applications for premium lodged after the closing date specified in accordance with Article 1(1) of that Regulation), be lodged with the appropriate Minister on or before 15th December 1992.”.

4Amendment of the principal Regulations

For regulation 4 of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following regulation—

“4
(1)

The appropriate Minister may make a grant by way of additional premium to an applicant—

(a)

who has applied for and is entitled to receive a Community premium;

(b)

who makes an application for such additional premium in such form as the Minister may require; and

(c)

subject to Article 1a of the Commission Regulation, lodges his application for such premium on or before 15th December 1992.

(2)

The amount of such additional premium shall be determined in accordance with the Schedule to these Regulations.

(3)

An application for a Community premium may be treated as if it were also an application for an additional premium.

(4)

The additional premium shall be payable subject to, and be reducible or recoverable under, the same conditions as are specified, in relation to the Community premium, in the Council Regulationf1 and the Commission Regulation.”.

Signature

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 19th November 1992.

L.S.

John Selwyn Gummer

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

19th November 1992

Hector Monro

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

19th November 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend for the third time the Suckler Cow Premium Regulations 1991 (“the principal Regulations”) and come into force on 27th November 1992.

The amendments made by these Regulations permit the payment of both the Community premium and additional premium (for which provision was made under the principal Regulations) in respect of applications for such premium lodged on or before 15th December 1992, subject only to the payment of premium for delayed applications in the circumstances specified, and in accordance with, Article 1a of the Commission Regulation (defined in regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations).