Title, extent and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1993, shall apply to Great Britain, and shall come into force on 21st December 1993.

Amendment of the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1993

2. Regulation 3 of the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1993(3) shall be amended by substituting for paragraphs (3) and (4) the following paragraphs-

"(3) Subject to regulations 3(5), 3(6) and 4, a compensatory allowance for cattle shall be payable in respect of the number of breeding cows comprised in a herd on the qualifying day at the following rates-

(a)in the case of cows maintained by a person whose eligible land comprises solely severely disadvantaged land, #47.50 or 123 ECU per cow;

(b)in the case of cows maintained by a person whose eligible land comprises severely disadvantaged land and disadvantaged land-

(i)£47.50 or 123 ECU per cow up to an amount calculated by multiplying the total number of hectares of severely disadvantaged land which is available to that person in accordance with paragraph (5)(a) below or which is relevant afforested land by £81.13 and deducting from the resulting figure any allowance payable in respect of sheep maintained by that person under paragraph (4) below (other than the allowance payable at the rate of £2.44 or 18.45 ECU per ewe); and

(ii)thereafter £23.75 or 123 ECU per cow;

(c)in the case of cows maintained by a person whose eligible land comprises solely disadvantaged land, £23.75 or 123 ECU per cow.

(4) Subject to regulations 3(5), 3(6) and 5, a compensatory allowance for sheepshall be payable in respect of the number of ewes comprised in a flock on the qualifying day at the following rates-

(a)in the case of ewes of an approved breed comprised in a specially qualified flock, £5.75 or 18.45 ECU per ewe;

(b)in the case of ewes not referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above maintained by a person-

(i)whose eligible land comprises solely severely disadvantaged land, £3.00 or 18.45 ECU per ewe;

(ii)whose eligible land comprises severely disadvantaged land and disadvantaged land, £3.00 or 18.45 ECU per ewe for a number of ewes calculated by multiplying the total number of hectares of severely disadvantaged land which is available for the maintenance of the flock in accordance with regulation 5(2)(e) or which is relevant afforested land by 6, and deducting from the resulting figure the number of ewes, if any, falling within sub-paragraph (a) above which are kept on that land, and thereafter for additional ewes £2.44 or 18.45 ECU per ewe;

(iii)whose eligible land comprises solely disadvantaged land, £2.44 or 18.45 ECU per ewe.".

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1993 ("the principal Regulations"), which comply with Council Directive 75/268/EEC on mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas (OJ No.L128, 19.5.75, p. 1), as amended by Council Directive No.80/666/EEC (OJ No.L180, 14.7.80, p. 34), and with Articles 17 to 19 of Council Regulation (EEC) No.2328/91 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (OJ No.L218, 6.8.91, p. 1), as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No.870/93 (OJ No.L91, 15.4.93, p. 10).Those Regulations also make provision for the administration and enforcement of provisions for payment of compensatory allowances contained in Commission Regulation (EEC) No.3887/92 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes (OJ No.L391, 31.12.92, p. 36).

These Regulations change the rates of compensatory allowance payable for animals kept on severely disadvantaged land to £47.50 per cow, £5.75 per ewe in a specially qualified flock and £3.00 for other ewes.For animals kept on disadvantaged land the rates are changed to £23.75 per cow and £2.44 per ewe.Where both severely disadvantaged land and disadvantaged land are occupied, provision is made for allocating the allowances at the higher and lower rates among cows and ewes maintained on the two categories of land (regulation 2).

Further provisions affecting the amount of the allowance are set out in regulations 3(5) and (6), 4 and 5 of the principal Regulations.