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(1) This Order may be cited as the Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 12th September 2001.
(2) Any referenece in this Order to “the Schedule” is a reference to the Schedule to this Order.
(3) Any reference in this Order to a Community instrument is a reference to that instrument and any amendment of such instrument in force on the date this Order is made.
(4) In this Order:
 “Council Regulation 2467/98” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2467/98 on the common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat;
 “Council Regulation 1251/99” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1251/99 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops;
 “Council Regulation 1254/99” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1254/99 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal.
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(1) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this article have effect for the purpose of the assessment of the productive capacity of a unit of agricultural land situated in England, in order to determine whether that unit is a commercial unit of agricultural land within the meaning of sub-paragraph (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 being used to produce any livestock, crop, fruit or miscellaneous product as is mentioned in any of the entries 1 to 7 in column 1 of the Schedule, then—
(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 2001, as the net annual income from that unit of production in that period shall be the amount specified in column 3 of the Schedule opposite that unit of production.
(3) Where land capable, when farmed under competent management, of producing a net annual income is designated as set aside land, as is mentioned in entry 8 in column 1 of the Schedule, then—
(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 2001, as the net annual income from that unit of production in that period shall be the amount specified in column 3 of the Schedule opposite that unit of production.
(4) The Schedule has effect subject to the Notes to the Schedule.
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The Agricultural (Units of Production) (England) Order 2000 is hereby revoked.
Whitty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
30 July 2001
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 
Dairy cows:
 Channel Islands breeds cow 296

 Other breeds cow 375
Beef breeding cows:
 On eligible land under the Hill Farm Allowance Regulations 2001 cow 51

 On other land cow 43
Beef fattening cattle (semi-intensive) head 45
Dairy replacements head 30
Ewes:
 On eligible land under the Hill Farm Allowance Regulations 2001 ewe 10
On other land ewe 11
Store lambs (including ewe lambs sold as shearlings) head 0.87
Pigs:
 Sows and gilts in pig sow or gilt 70
Porker head 1.37
Cutter head 2.59
Bacon head 3.79
Poultry:
 Laying hens bird 0.90
Broilers bird 0.09
Point-of-lay pullets bird 0.20
Christmas turkeys bird 1.27

2 
  
Barley hectare 140
Beans hectare 158
Herbage seed hectare 125
Linseed hectare 22
Oats hectare 163
Oilseed rape hectare 82
Peas:
 Dried hectare 200

 Vining hectare 205
Potatoes:
 First early hectare 835

 Maincrop (including seed) hectare 860
Sugar beet hectare 250
Wheat hectare 197

3 
  
Broad beans hectare 410
Brussels sprouts hectare 1505
Cabbage, savoys and sprouting broccoli hectare 1730
Carrots hectare 2270
Cauliflower and winter broccoli hectare 975
Celery hectare 8255
Leeks hectare 2945
Lettuce hectare 4150
Onions:
 Dry bulb hectare 1305

 Salad hectare 4125
Outdoor bulbs hectare 1600
Parsnips hectare 2591
Rhubarb (natural) hectare 4845
Turnips and swedes hectare 1210

4 
  
Forced narcissi 1000 square metres 6980
Forced tulips 1000 square metres 7175

5 
Apples:
 Cider hectare 420

 Cooking hectare 1275

 Dessert hectare 1250
Cherries hectare 690
Pears hectare 965
Plums hectare 1215

6 
  
Blackcurrants hectare 740
Raspberries hectare 3000
Strawberries hectare 3500

7 
  
Hops hectare 1670

8 
 hectare 28
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE
Article 2(4)
Note to column 1

Notes to column 3











