The Sheep Annual Premium (Amendment) Regulations 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/49
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title, extent and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Sheep Annual Premium (Amendment) Regulations 1996, shall extend to Great Britain and shall come into force on 1st February 1996.

Section 2 Amendments to the Sheep Annual Premium Regulations 1992

(1) The Sheep Annual Premium Regulations 1992 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) Regulation 4 (keeping and retention of a register) is revoked, except insofar as the obligation to retain a register required to be kept under that regulation is concerned.

(3) In paragraph (1)(a) of regulation 5 (powers of authorised officers), for the existing text substitute “carrying out any check which a member State is required to carry out by Article 6 of the Commission Regulation”.

(4) In paragraph (5)(a) of regulation 5, after “record” insert “the producer is required to keep by article 5 of the Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1996 (“the 1996 Order ”)”.

(5) Insert the following regulation after regulation 8 (recovery of payments)—

Failure to comply with the 1996 Order

(8A) Where at any time during a marketing year a producer fails to comply with article 5 of the 1996 Order, the competent authority may withhold or recover on demand the whole or any part of any premium payable or as the case may be paid to the producer in respect of that marketing year.