(introduced by section 5)

SCHEDULE 2WPAYMENT

PART 1 WCALCULATING A LEVY AND PAYMENT

1WLevy imposed on a slaughterer or exporter is to be calculated in accordance with this Part.

2WLevy is calculated by adding together the following separate components in respect of each animal slaughtered or exported—

(a)the production component, and

(b)the slaughter or export component.

3(1)The Welsh Ministers may determine the rate of the production component and the slaughter or export component.W

(2)The Welsh Ministers may determine different rates for different cases (including different descriptions of slaughterer or exporter and different descriptions of animal).

(3)The rates determined under this paragraph may include a nil rate, but cannot exceed the maximum rates set out in this Schedule.

4WFor the purposes of the tables set out in the following paragraphs—

(a)a calf is an animal under six months old (in the case of an exported animal) or an animal with a dressed slaughter weight of less than 68 kg (in the case of a slaughtered animal); and

(b)a reference to “cattle” does not include calves.

Maximum rate of production componentW

5WThe production component in respect of each animal cannot exceed the maximum rates set out in the following table—

Maximum rate of slaughter or export componentW

6WThe slaughter or export component in respect of each animal cannot exceed the maximum rates set out in the following table—

PART 2 WPAYMENT DATES

Payment of levy by slaughterers and exportersW

7WA slaughterer or exporter must pay a levy imposed in respect of chargeable cattle, sheep or pigs in any month within 15 days from the end of that month.