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(1) This Order may be cited as the Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 12th September 2003.
(2) 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.
(3) In this Order—
 “Council Regulation 2529/01” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2529/01 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 6 in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, then—
(a) the unit of production prescribed in relation to that use of the land shall be the unit in the entry in column 2 of that Schedule opposite to that entry, and
(b) the amount determined, for the period of 12 months beginning with 12th September 2003, as the net annual income from that unit of production in that period shall be the amount in the entry in column 3 of that Schedule opposite to that entry as read with any relevant note to that Schedule.
(3) Where land capable, when farmed under competent management, of producing a net annual income is in receipt of hill farm allowance or is designated as set aside land, as is mentioned in entries 7 and 8 in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, then—
(a) the unit of production prescribed in relation to that use of the land shall be the unit in the entry in column 2 of that Schedule opposite to that entry, and
(b) the amount determined, for the period of 12 months beginning with 12th September 2003, as the net annual income from that unit of production in that period shall be the amount in the entry in column 3 of that Schedule opposite to that entry.
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The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) Order 2002 is revoked.
Whitty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
19th August 2003
SCHEDULE
Article 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 373

 Other breeds cow 460
Beef breeding cows:  

 On less favoured area land under the Hill Farm Allowance Regulations 2003 cow 43

 On other land cow 73
Beef fattening cattle (semi-intensive) head 75
Dairy replacements head 35
Ewes:  

 On less favoured area land under the Hill Farm Allowance Regulations 2003 ewe 11

 On other land ewe 19
Store lambs (including ewe lambs sold as shearlings) head 1.00
Pigs:  

 Sows and gilts in pig sow or gilt 85

 Porker head 1.75

 Cutter head 3.25

 Bacon head 5.00
Poultry:  

 Laying hens bird 1.00

 Broilers bird 0.12

 Point-of-lay pullets bird 0.25

 Christmas Turkeys bird 2.00

2 
  
Barley hectare 186
Beans hectare 169
Herbage seed hectare 100
Oats hectare 190
Oilseed rape hectare 171
Peas:  

 Dried hectare 194

 Vining hectare 175
Potatoes:  

 First early hectare 800

 Maincrop (including seed) hectare 750
Sugar Beet hectare 240
Wheat hectare 223

3 
  
Broad beans hectare 500
Brussels sprouts hectare 1400
Cabbage, savoys and sprouting broccoli hectare 1800
Carrots hectare 2700
Cauliflower and winter broccoli hectare 975
Celery hectare 8000
Leeks hectare 3200
Lettuce hectare 4150
Onions:  

 Dry bulb hectare 1305

 Salad hectare 3800
Parsnips hectare 2850
Rhubarb (natural) hectare 6000
Turnips and swedes hectare 1300

4 
  
Apples:  

 Cider hectare 380

 Cooking hectare 1150

 Dessert hectare 1250
Cherries hectare 800
Pears hectare 900
Plums hectare 1150

5 
  
Blackcurrants hectare 800
Raspberries hectare 3000
Strawberries hectare 4000

6 
  
Hops hectare 1700

7 
  
Eligible forage area as described in regulation 7 of the Hill Farm Allowance Regulations 2003 hectare the amount of hill farm allowance required to be paid under the Hill Farm Allowance Regulations 2003

8 
  
Land which is set-aside under Article 2(3) of Council Regulation 1251/99, except where such land is used (in accordance with Article 6(3) of Council Regulation 1251/99) for the provision of materials for the manufacture within the Community of products not primarily intended for human or animal consumption. hectare 51
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE










