Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Transfer of quota without transfer of land

13.—(1) This regulation shall be subject to regulation 16(2) and (3).

(2) This regulation shall apply where the competent authorities in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have jointly determined, in accordance with paragraphs (1)(e) and (2) of Article 18 of the Council Regulation, that within each United Kingdom quota region the transfer of quota without transfer of the corresponding land is authorised.

(3) A transferee of quota for whom the Department is the relevant competent authority shall submit to it a notice of any such transfer within the general quota region in such form as the Department may reasonably require.

(4) The notice shall reach the Department no later than 31st March in the quota year in which the transfer takes place and shall include –

(a)statements by the transferor and transferee that they have agreed to the transfer of quota, stating the amounts of used and unused quota transferred;

(b)a consent or sole interest notice given by the transferor in respect of the holding from which the quota is to be transferred; and

(c)a statement by the transferee that he is a producer.

(5) Where the Department has received a notice pursuant to paragraph (3), it may require the transferor or transferee to produce such other information relating to the transfer, and within such time, as the Department may reasonably require.

(6) In this regulation –

(a)“general quota region” means the United Kingdom other than the Scottish Islands area; and

(b)“United Kingdom quota region” means a Scottish Islands area or the general quota region.