Sheep Annual Premium Regulations 1992
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1992/2677 |
| Year | 1992 |
1992 No. 2677
AGRICULTURE
The Sheep Annual Premium Regulations 1992
Made 28th October 1992
Laid before Parliament 29th October 1992
Coming into force 13th November 1992
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, being Ministers designated1for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Economic Community, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by that section, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:–
Title, extent and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sheep Annual Premium Regulations 1992, shall apply throughout Great Britain and shall come into force on 13th November 1992.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–
“authorised officer” means any person (whether or not an officer of that authority) who is authorised by the competent authority in writing, either generally or specially, to act in matters arising under these Regulations;
“the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3007/84, laying down detailed rules for the application of the premium for producers of sheepmeat3, as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 164/864, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1514/865, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3984/896, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1260/907, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 288/918, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3107/919and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3340/9110;
“the competent authority” means –
(a) in relation to England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;
(b) in relation to Scotland and Wales, the Secretary of State;
“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89on the common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat11, as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No /1741/9112and Council Regulation (EEC) No 2069/9213;
“marketing year” means a marketing year as defined in Article 3(3) of the Council Regulation;
“premium” means the premium provided for under Article 5 of the Council Regulation;
“producer” means a producer as defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3493/9014, as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2070/9215.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation so numbered in these Regulations.
Application for premium
3.—(1) An application for premium shall be in such form and shall contain such particulars relating to that application as the competent authority may reasonably request.
(2) A producer who applies for a premium in respect of a marketing year shall deliver his application to the competent authority–
(a)
(a) on or after 15th November and not later than 15th December in the preceding marketing year; or
(b)
(b) on or after 15th January in the calendar year in which the marketing year commences and not later than 20th February in that calendar year.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) above, a producer marketing sheep’s milk or sheep’s milk products who applies for the premium for the heavy category under Article 5(4) of the Council Regulation in respect of a marketing year shall deliver his application to the competent authority on or after 15th November and not later than 15th December in the preceding marketing year.
Keeping and retention of a register
4. A producer shall be required to keep a register containing the following information–
(a) the dates on which female sheep put to the ram for the first time gave birth and the number of lambs produced;
(b) the number and date of any sheep purchased, sold or otherwise disposed of, the name and address of the seller, buyer or other recipient or in the case of sheep purchased or sold at a livestock market, the name and address of that market; and
(c) in cases of losses of sheep the date the producer discovered the loss, the number lost and the circumstances of the loss;
and retain such register for 3 years from the end of the marketing year to which the last entry therein relates.
Powers of authorised officers
5.—(1) An authorised officer may at all reasonable hours and on producing, if so required, some duly authenticated document showing his authority, exercise the powers specified in this regulation for the purposes of–
(a)
(a) inspecting and counting any sheep kept by the producer, or
(b)
(b) ascertaining whether an offence under regulation 9(2) has been or is being committed.
(2) An authorised officer may enter any premises (other than any premises used only as a dwelling), which are, or which such officer has reasonable cause to believe to be, occupied by, or in the possession of, a producer or any employee, servant or agent of a producer.
(3) An authorised officer who has entered any premises by virtue of this regulation may inspect and count any sheep kept by the producer on those premises.
(4) An authorised officer entering any premises by virtue of this regulation may take with him such other persons as he considers necessary.
(5) An authorised officer may–
(a)
(a) require any producer or any employee, servant or agent of a producer to produce any record and to supply such additional information in that person’s possession or under his control relating to an application for premium as the authorised officer may reasonably request;
(b)
(b) inspect any such record and, where any such record is kept by means of a computer, have access to, and inspect and check the operation of, any computer and...
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