The Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/2129
• Sections: 10

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These regulations may be cited as the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1987, and shall come into force on 1st January 1988.

(2) These regulations shall apply to Great Britain.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these regulations —

(a) “the principal regulations” means the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1984 ;

(b) “relevant afforested land” has the same meaning as in the principal regulations.

Section 3 Further amendment of principal regulations

Subject to regulation 10 below, the principal regulations shall be further amended in accordance with regulations 4 to 9 below.e revoked in so far as they formed part of the law of Northern Ireland.

Section 4 Further amendment of principal regulations

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) the definition of “relevant afforested land” shall be deleted.

Section 5 Further amendment of principal regulations

In regulation 3 (compensatory allowances) the words “or which is relevant afforested land” shall be deleted in each of paragraphs 2(b)(i), 3(b)(ii), 4(a) and 4(b).

Section 6 Further amendment of principal regulations

In regulation 4(2) (provisions with respect to cattle) for the words “or disposals of cows” there shall be substituted the words “of cows from relevant causes”.

Section 7 Further amendment of principal regulations

After regulation 4(2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph —

(2A) In paragraph (2) above “relevant causes” means any cause except slaughter for food.

Section 8 Further amendment of principal regulations

In regulation 5(2)(c) (provisions with respect to sheep) the words “or which is relevant afforested land” shall be deleted.

Section 9 Further amendment of principal regulations

In regulation 10 (false statements) for the reference to “£1,000” there shall be substituted a reference to “£2,000”.

Section 10 Saving

Regulations 4, 5 and 8 of these regulations shall not have effect in relation to the payment of a compensatory allowance to any person who occupied relevant afforested land at any time between 31st December 1985 and 1st January 1988.