
1 
This Order may be cited as the Sheep Variable Premium (Protection of Payments) (Amendment) Order 1981, and shall come into operation on 22nd May 1981.
2 
The Sheep Variable Premium (Protection of Payments) (No. 2) Order 1980 shall be amended by substituting in Schedule 1 thereto, for subparagraph (b) of the first paragraph (which prescribes the marks to be placed on animals approved for certification as being eligible for a premium payment), the following sub-paragraph:—“
(b) a circular punch hole about 6 millimetres in diameter.”.
In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 11th May 1981.
Peter Walker
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
George Younger
Secretary of State for Scotland
11th May 1981Nicholas Edwards
Secretary of State for Wales
13th May 1981Humphrey Atkins
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
15th May 1981