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(1) This Order may be cited as the Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 12th September 1996.
(2) Any reference in this Order to “the Schedule” shall be construed as a reference to the Schedule to this Order.
(3) Any reference in this Order to a Community instrument is a reference to that instrument as amended on the date this Order is made.
(4) In this Order, unless the context requires otherwise:
 “Council Regulation 805/68” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 805/68 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal;
 “Council Regulation 3013/89” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3013/89 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat;
 “Council Regulation 1765/92” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1765/92 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops;
 “Council Regulation 1357/96” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1357/96 providing for additional payments to be made in 1996 with the premiums referred to in Regulation (EEC) No. 805/68 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal and amending that Regulation.
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(1) Paragraph (2) of this article has effect for the purpose of the assessment of the productive capacity of a unit of agricultural land, in order to determine whether that unit is a commercial unit of agricultural land within the meaning of subparagraph (1) of paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.
(2) Where the land in question is capable, when farmed under competent management, of carrying or producing any such livestock, crop, etc. as is mentioned in any entry in column 1 of the Schedule—
(a) the unit of production prescribed in relation to that use of the land shall be the unit specified in column 2 of the Schedule opposite to that entry, and
(b) the amount determined, for the period of 12 months beginning with 12th September 1996, as the net annual income from the unit of production in that period shall be the amount specified in column 3 of the Schedule opposite that unit of production.
(3) The Schedule has effect subject to the Notes to the Schedule.
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The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1995 is hereby revoked.
Tony Baldry
Minister of State, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
7th August 1996Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jonathan Evans
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
12th August 1996
SCHEDULE
Articles 1(2) and 2


Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Farming use Unit of production Net annual income from unit of production
  £
1. Livestock
Dairy cows:
 Channel Islands breeds cow 294

 Other breeds cow 350
Beef breeding cows:
 On eligible land under the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1996 cow 75

 On other land cow 60
Beef fattening cattle (semi-intensive) head 102
Dairy replacements head 85
Ewes:
 On eligible land under the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1996 ewe 28

 On other land ewe 24
Store lambs (including ewe lambs sold as shearlings) head 2
Pigs:
 Sows and gilts in pig sow or gilt 103

 Porker head 2.83

 Cutter head 5.01

 Bacon head 6.22
Poultry:
 Laying hens bird 1.16

 Broilers bird 0.16

 Point-of-lay pullets bird 0.32

 Turkeys bird 1.44
2. Farm arable crops
Barley hectare 429
Beans hectare 185
Herbage seed hectare 208
Linseed hectare 282
Oats hectare 349
Oilseed rape hectare 380)
Peas:
 Dried hectare 204

 Vining hectare 311
Potatoes:
 First early hectare 1207

 Maincrop (including seed) hectare 1226
Sugar Beet hectare 513
Wheat hectare 453
3. Set-aside
 hectare 97
4. Outdoor horticultural crops
Broad beans hectare 512
Brussels sprouts hectare 1313
Cabbage, savoys and sprouting broccoli hectare 1559
Carrots hectare 1994
Cauliflower and winter broccoli hectare 1140
Celery hectare 4060
Leeks hectare 3074
Lettuce hectare 3414
Onions:
 Dry bulb hectare 2008

 Salad hectare 4403
Outdoor bulbs hectare 1687
Parsnips hectare 2026
Rhubarb (natural) hectare 2581
Turnips and swedes hectare 1210
5. Protected crops
Forced narcissi 1000 square metres 6338
Forced tulips 1000 square metres 6167
Mushrooms 1000 square metres 11452
6. Orchard fruit
Apples:
 Cider hectare 505

 Cooking hectare 1265

 Dessert hectare 1462
Cherries hectare 1090
Pears hectare 1110
Plums hectare 933
7. Soft fruit
Blackcurrants hectare 961
Gooseberries hectare 1490
Raspberries hectare 2860
Strawberries hectare 3117
8. Miscellaneous
Hops hectare 2103
Article 2(3)
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE
Note to column 1

Notes to column 3











