The Sheep Annual Premium and Suckler Cow Premium Quotas Regulations 2003

CATEGORY VU.K.

Any person who at the time he makes his application for an allocation of quota from the national reserve for a given year can demonstrate that—

(a)he has become a producer or (already being a producer) he has increased the size of his existing flock or as the case may be herd in accordance with an application or plan under the Organic Farming (England Rural Development Programme) Regulations 2003(1), or the Organic Farming Scheme (Wales) Regulations 2001(2); or the Organic Farming Regulations (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001(3); or the Organic Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1994(4); or

(b)he has irrevocably committed himself to becoming a producer or (already being a producer) to increasing the size of his existing flock or as the case may be herd by the close of the application period for the Sheep Annual Premium Scheme or as the case may be Suckler Cow Premium Scheme for the year corresponding with that given year in accordance with an application or plan such as is described in sub- paragraph (a) above.