
2015 No. 1642 (W. 214)
Landlord And Tenant, Wales
The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (Wales) (No. 2) Order 2015
Made 2 September 2015
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 4 September 2015
Coming into force 28 September 2015
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 and now vested in them, make the following Order.
Title, commencement, application and interpretation
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(1) The title of this Order is The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (Wales) (No. 2) Order 2015, it applies in relation to Wales, and comes into force on 28 September 2015.
(2) In this Order—
 “Council Regulation 73/2009” (“Rheoliad y Cyngor 73/2009”) means Council Regulation (EC) No. 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, and amending and repealing certain Regulations;
 “designated maps” (“mapiau dynodedig”) means the two volumes of maps numbered 1 and 2 each volume being marked “Volume of maps of less favoured farming areas in Wales” and with the number of the volume dated 20 May  1991  and signed by the Secretary of State for Wales and deposited at the offices of the Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ;
 “disadvantaged land” (“tir dan anfantais”) (except in the expression “severely disadvantaged land”) means any area of land shown coloured blue on the designated maps;
 “eligible hectare” (“hectar cymwys”) has the same meaning as in Article 34(2) of Council Regulation 73/2009;
 “less favoured area” (“ardal lai ffafriol”) means land that is disadvantaged or severely disadvantaged;
 “severely disadvantaged land” (“tir dan anfantais ddifrifol”) means the area of land shown coloured pink on the designated maps.
Assessment of productive capacity of land
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(1) Paragraphs (2) and (3) have effect for the purpose of the assessment of the productive capacity of a unit of agricultural land situated in Wales, in order to determine whether that unit is a commercial unit of agricultural land within the meaning of paragraph 3(1) 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, farm arable crop, outdoor horticultural crop or fruit as is mentioned in any of the entries 1 to 3 in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, then—
(a) the unit of production prescribed in relation to that use of the land is 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 12 September 2014, as the net annual income from that unit of production in that period is 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 was an eligible hectare in 2013 (see entry 4 in column 1), then—
(a) the unit of production prescribed in relation to that use of the land is 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 12 September 2014, as the net annual income from that unit of production in that period is the amount in the entry in column 3 of that Schedule opposite to that entry.
Revocation
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The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (Wales) Order 2015 is revoked.
Rebecca Evans
Deputy Minister for Farming and Food, under authority of the Minister for Natural Resources, one of the Welsh Ministers
2 September 2015
SCHEDULE
PRESCRIBED UNITS OF PRODUCTION AND DETERMINATION OF NET ANNUAL INCOME
Article 2


Column 1Farming use Column 2Unit of production Column 3Net annual income from unit of production (£)
1. Livestock
Dairy cows cow 600
Beef breeding cows: on land in a less favoured area cow -144
on other land cow -131
Beef fattening cattle (semi-intensive) head -34
Dairy replacements head 102
Ewes: on land in a less favoured area ewe -18
on other land ewe -3
Store lambs (including ewe lambs sold as shearlings) head 4.70
Pigs: sows and gilts in pig sow or gilt 350
porker head 13.80
cutter head 17.30
bacon head 20.60
Poultry: laying hens bird 3.50
broilers bird 0.60
point-of-lay pullets bird 0.30
Christmas turkeys bird 5.20
2. Farm arable crops
Barley hectare 22
Beans hectare 141
Oilseed rape hectare 100
Dried peas hectare 70
Potatoes: first early hectare 2,580
maincrop (including seed) hectare 2,220
Sugar beet hectare 730
Wheat hectare 190
3. Outdoor horticultural crops and fruit
Orchard fruit hectare 3,080
Soft fruit hectare 10,240
4. Eligible hectares
Land which was in 2013, an eligible hectare for the purposes of Council Regulation 73/2009 severely disadvantaged land Hectare 95.07
disadvantaged land Hectare 126.67
all other land hectare 63.16

