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The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (Wales) (No.2) Order 2008

Made

15 December 2008

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

16 December 2008

Coming into force

8 January 2009

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986(1), and now vested in them(2), and by paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972(3), make the following Order.

This Order makes provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Welsh Ministers that it is expedient for the references to European Community instruments in this Order to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.

Title, commencement and interpretation

1.–(1) The title of this Order is the Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (Wales) (No.2) Order 2008, comes into force on 8 January 2009 and applies in relation to Wales.

(2) In this Order–

Assessment of productive capacity of land

2.–(1) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this article have effect for the purpose of the assessment of the productive capacity of a unit of agricultural land situated in Wales, in order to determine whether that unit is a commercial unit of agricultural land within the meaning of paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 6 to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.

(2) Where the land in question is capable, when farmed under competent management, of being used to produce any livestock, farm arable crop, outdoor horticultural crop or fruit as is mentioned in any of the entries 1 to 3 in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, then–

(a) the unit of production prescribed in relation to that use of the land will be the unit in the entry in column 2 of that Schedule opposite to that entry, and

(b) the amount determined, for the period of 12 months beginning with 12 September 2008, as the net annual income from that unit of production in that period will be the amount in the entry in column 3 of that Schedule opposite to that entry as read with any relevant note to that Schedule.

(3) Where land capable, when farmed under competent management, of producing a net annual income is eligible to receive a Tir Mynydd payment (as is mentioned in entry 4 in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order), or was set aside from production in 2007 (as is mentioned in entry 5 in that column), or was an eligible hectare in 2007 (as is mentioned in entry 6 of that column), then–

(a) the unit of production prescribed in relation to that use of the land will be the unit in the entry in column 2 of that Schedule opposite to that entry, and

(b) the amount determined, for the period of 12 months beginning with 12 September 2008, as the net annual income from that unit of production in that period will be the amount in the entry in column 3 of that Schedule opposite to that entry.

Revocation

3. The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (Wales) Order 2008(6) is revoked.

Elin Jones

Minister for Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers

15 December 2008

Article 2

SCHEDULE PRESCRIBED UNITS OF PRODUCTION AND DETERMINATION OF NET ANNUAL INCOME

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Farming use Unit of production Net annual income from unit of production (£)
  • NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE

a

This is the figure for animals which would be kept for 12 months. In case of animals kept for less than 12 months a pro-rata adjustment of this figure is to be made.

b

This is the figure for animals (irrespective of age) which would be kept for 12 months. In the case of animals kept for less than 12 months a pro-rata adjustment of this figure is to be made.

c

This figure includes the protein crop premium provided for in Article 76 of Council Regulation 1782/2003.

1.
Livestock
Dairy cows (other than Channel Islands breeds) Cow 437
Beef breeding cows:
On land which is "eligible land" for the purposes of a Tir Mynydd payment cow −104
On other land cow −99
Beef fattening cattle (semi-intensive) head −69a
Dairy replacements head 83b
Ewes:
On land which is "eligible land" for the purposes of a Tir Mynydd payment ewe −18
On other land ewe −16
Store lambs (including ewe lambs sold as shearlings) head 3.30
Pigs:
Sows and gilts in pig sow or gilt 163
Porker head 5
Cutter head 7.10
Bacon head 8.90
Poultry:
Laying hens bird 2.30
Broilers bird 0.30
Point-of-lay pullets bird 0.55
Christmas Turkeys bird 5.85
2.
Farm arable crops
Barley hectare 111
Beans hectare 125.72c
Herbage seed hectare 333
Oilseed rape hectare 92
Peas:
Dried hectare 215.72(3)
Vining hectare 294
Potatoes:
First early hectare 2344
Maincrop (including seed) hectare 2057
Sugar Beet hectare 387
Wheat hectare 274
3.
Outdoor horticultural crops and fruit
Orchard fruit hectare 2230
Soft fruit hectare 6800
4.
Forage Land
On land which is "eligible land" for the purposes of a Tir Mynydd payment hectare The amount of the Tir Mynydd payment required to be paid under regulation 3 of the Rural Development Programmes (Wales) Regulations 2006
5.
Set-aside
Land which was, in 2007, set aside from production under Article 54(3) of Council Regulation 1782/2003:
Severely disadvantaged land hectare 12.57
Disadvantaged land hectare 24.96
All other land hectare −70.54
6.
Eligible hectares
Land which was, in 2007, an eligible hectare for the purposes of Council Regulation 1782/2003, except land which was set aside from production under Article 54(3) of that Regulation:
Severely disadvantaged land hectare 122.69
Disadvantaged land hectare 153.51
All other land hectare 102.55

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes units of production for the assessment of the productive capacity of agricultural land situated in Wales and sets out the amount which is to be regarded as the net annual income from each such unit for the year 12 September 2008 to 11 September 2009 inclusive for certain purposes of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 ("the 1986 Act"). This Order revokes the Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (Wales) Order 2008.

An assessment of the productive capacity of agricultural land is required in determining whether or not the land in question is a "commercial unit of agricultural land" for the purposes of the succession provisions in the 1986 Act: see in particular sections 36(3) and 50(2). A "commercial unit of agricultural land" is a unit of agricultural land which, when farmed under competent management, is capable of producing a net annual income which is not less than the aggregate of the average annual earnings of two full-time male agricultural workers aged 20 years or over (paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the 1986 Act). Article 2 of this Order provides that, in determining this annual income figure, whenever a particular farming use mentioned in column 1 of the Schedule is relevant to the assessment of the productive capacity of the land in question, the units of production and the net annual income specified in columns 2 and 3 respectively will form the basis of that assessment.

The net annual income figures in column 3 of the Schedule describe the net annual income from one unit of production. In some cases the net annual income is derived from a unit which will be on the land for the full twelve-month period. In other cases the net annual income is derived from a unit which will be on the land for only part of the year, and there may be more than one production cycle in the twelve-month period. The assessment of the productive capacity of the land will take account of the total production in the course of a year.

This Order includes net annual income figures for land which was, in 2007, an eligible hectare for the purposes of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003 (O.J. No. L270, 21.10.2003, p.1), which establishes the Single Payment Scheme. There are separate figures in the Schedule for severely disadvantaged land, disadvantaged land and other land. There are also separate figures for land which was set aside from production in 2007.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument.

(1)

1986 c. 5. Back [1]

(2)

Functions conferred under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c. 5) were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). Those functions were subsequently transferred to the Welsh Ministers by section 162 and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). Back [2]

(4)

OJ No. L270, 21.10.2003, p.1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 674/2008 (OJ No. L189, 17.7.2008, p.5). Back [4]

(5)

S.I. 2006/3343 (W.304). Back [5]

(6)

S.I. 2008/253 (W.29). Back [6]



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