Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Restoration of quota

39.—(1) Subject to the second sub-paragraph of Article 15(1) of the Council Regulation (which specifies the time limit for quota restoration), a person whose quota has been taken into the national reserve may request the Department to restore to him the quota in respect of the holding from which it was confiscated or in respect of part of that holding if he is a producer.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a request under paragraph (1) –

(a)shall reach the Department –

(i)no later than the end of the quota year to which it relates; or

(ii)in the case of confiscation of quota notified by virtue of regulation 38(2), no later than the end of the quota year before the quota year in which the quota is to be restored; and

(b)in a case falling within sub-paragraph (a)(ii), shall include the declaration which the person making the request failed to submit under Article 11 of the Commission Regulation.

(3) Where –

(a)there is a change of occupation of all or part of the holding in respect of which quota has been taken into the national reserve; and

(b)the new occupier is a producer,

the new occupier may submit a request to the Department to restore to him the quota relating to that holding or part holding before the expiry of the time limit for quota restoration specified by the second sub-paragraph of Article 15(1) of the Council Regulation.

(4) A request for restoration of quota to part of a holding made under paragraph (1) or (3) shall include –

(a)a statement of the agreed apportionment of quota taking account of the areas used for milk production, signed by every person with an interest in the land comprised in the holding; or

(b)a statement requesting apportionment of the quota in accordance with an arbitration under paragraphs 1, 2, 3(5), 5(2), 6 and 8 to 19 of Schedule 1.

(5) Where quota is restored to part of a holding in accordance with a request made under paragraph (1) or (3), the amount of quota to be restored to that part shall be determined in accordance with the apportionment referred to in paragraph (4)(a) or (b).