The Agriculture (Weather Aid 2002) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2005

Calculation of payment for producers of table potatoes

7.—(1) For the purposes of this Scheme the number of eligible tonnes of potatoes per hectare in the case of any eligible producer shall be X where

(2) For the purposes of this Scheme—

(a)A is the average sales by the producer of table potatoes expressed in tonnes;

(b)B is the average hectarage of table potatoes planted by the producer;

(c)C is 20% in the case of any person who produced table potatoes in a less favoured area and 30% in the case of any other producer of table potatoes;

(d)D is the actual sales expressed in tonnes of table potatoes in the year 2002 by the producer;

(e)E is the hectarage of table potatoes planted in the year 2002 by the producer.

(3) For the purposes of this Scheme, an eligible producer’s average sales of table potatoes are—

(a)the annual average of such sales in the period 1999 to 2001;

(b)where the producer did not sell table potatoes in any one of those three years but has sold table potatoes in two or more years during the period 1997 to 2004, the annual average of such sales in those years (excluding sales in 2002).

(4) For the purposes of this Scheme the average hectarage of table potatoes planted by an eligible producer means the average of such hectarage calculated using the same years as were used under paragraph (3) to calculate his average annual sales of table potatoes.

(5) For the purposes of this Scheme Y shall be the sum obtained by dividing the sum specified in column (2) of the Table set out in the Schedule opposite the reference to table potatoes by the total number of table potatoes per hectare obtained under Article 6(1)(e) provided that Y shall not exceed £98.70.