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These Regulations may be cited as the Slaughter Premium (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st January 2002.
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In these Regulations—
 “holding” means all the production units managed by a producer situated within the United Kingdom;
 “the IACS Regulations” means the Integrated Administration and Control System Regulations 1993;
 “the principal Regulations” means the Slaughter Premium Regulations 2000;
 “producer” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Title I of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1254/1999 (on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal); and
 “the Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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(1) The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) of this regulation.
(2) In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a) the following definition shall be substituted for the definition of “Commission Regulation 3887/92”—“
 “Commission Regulation 3887/92” means Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3887/92 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes;”;
(b) the following definition shall be substituted for the definition of “Commission Regulation 2342/1999”—“
 “Commission Regulation 2342/1999” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2342/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal as regards premium schemes (as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1042/2000, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1900/2000, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2733/2000, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 192/2001, and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1458/2001;”;
(c) the following definition shall be substituted for the definition of “Council Regulation 1254/1999”—“
 “Council Regulation 1254/1999” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1455/2001 and Council Regulation (EC) No. 1512/2001);”;
(d) in the definition of “premium adult animal”, the words “, other than a premium older animal” shall be deleted;
(e) the following definition shall be substituted for the definition of “premium animal”—“
 “premium animal” means a premium adult animal and a premium calf;”; and
(f) the definition of “premium older animal” shall be deleted.
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(1) The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (2) to (6) of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 4 (claims for slaughter premium)—
(a) paragraph (3) shall be deleted; and
(b) the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (4)—“
(3) A claim submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) may be in respect of any number of premium calves or premium adult animals, as the case may be.”
(3) In regulation 6 (limit on number of claims)—
(a) in paragraph (b), after the words “premium adult animals”, “; and” shall be deleted; and
(b) paragraph (c) shall be deleted.
(4) In regulation 8 (overgrazing), the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (5)—“
(5) The provisions referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) are—
(a) regulation 12 of the Beef Special Premium Regulations 2001;
(b) regulation 5 of the Suckler Cow Premium Regulations 2001;
(c) regulation 3A of the Sheep Annual Premium Regulations 1992; and
(d) regulation 10 of the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1999.”.
(5) In regulation 9 (unsuitable supplementary feeding methods), the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (3)—“
(3) The provisions referred to in paragraph (2) are—
(a) regulation 13 of the Beef Special Premium Regulations 2001;
(b) regulation 6 of the Suckler Cow Premium Regulations 2001;
(c) regulation 3B of the Sheep Annual Premium Regulations 1992; and
(d) regulation 8(3) of the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1999.”.
(6) In regulation 13 (application for registration)—
(a) in paragraph (1), the words “premium calves, or premium adult animals, or premium animals generally” shall be substituted for the words “premium animals other than premium calves, or premium calves, or both”; and
(b) in paragraph (2)(g)(i), the words “premium adult animals” shall be substituted for the words “premium animals other than premium calves”.
Whitty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
6th December 2001