Regulation 2(1)
1.—(1) Subject to paragraph 4, a breeding cow is a relevant animal for the purposes of these Regulations if—
(a)it is declared by the claimant in his single payment scheme application;
(b)it is of a meat breed, or is a crossbreed, or the offspring of a crossbreed;
(c)it is entered by the claimant into the register referred to in regulation 29(3) of the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998(1), and the claimant complies with those Regulations in respect of that register;
(d)it was, throughout the relevant period, part of a herd used for rearing calves for meat production only;
(e)it was, throughout the relevant period, owned by the claimant, or leased to him under a leasing agreement in writing, and throughout that period the claimant had economic responsibility for it; and
(f)it was kept on the claimant’s holding throughout the relevant period.
(2) In this paragraph—
(a)“crossbreed” means a bovine animal with at least one parent of a meat breed;
(b)“meat breed” means any bovine breed which is not listed in Annex XV to Commission Regulation 1973/2004.
(3) In this paragraph and in paragraph 3, “the relevant period” means a period of six consecutive months, starting on any date between 1st July 2005 and 31st December 2005 inclusive.
2.—(1) For the purposes of paragraph 1(1)(e), a claimant had economic responsibility for a breeding cow if he—
(a)was the keeper of the breeding cow;
(b)made the final decisions regarding, and paid for, the feeding, bedding, housing and veterinary requirements of the breeding cow; and
(c)was in possession of the cattle passport relating to the breeding cow.
(2) In this paragraph, “cattle passport” and “keeper” have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998(2).
3. The condition in paragraph 1(1)(f) continues to be met if—
(a)the breeding cow was replaced during the relevant period by another breeding cow and the conditions in paragraph 1(1)(a) to (e) are met in respect of that breeding cow; and
(b)the replacement breeding cow was kept on the claimant’s holding for the remainder of the relevant period.
4. Where—
(a)the claimant’s breeding cows which meet the conditions in paragraph 1(1) include heifers, and
(b)the number of heifers, expressed in livestock units, which meet those conditions is more than 40%, expressed in livestock units, of the total number of breeding cows which meet those conditions,
the number of heifers which are relevant animals shall be reduced so that no more than 40%, expressed in livestock units, of the claimant’s breeding cows which are relevant animals are heifers.
5. A ewe is a relevant animal for the purposes of these Regulations if—
(a)it is declared by the claimant in his single payment scheme application;
(b)it is entered by the claimant into the documents and records referred to in articles 4 and 12 of the Sheep and Goats Identification and Movement (Interim Measures) (England) (No 2) Order 2002(3) and articles 14, 17 and 20 of the Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (England) Order 2005(4), and the claimant complies with those Orders in respect of those records;
(c)it formed part of a flock kept on the holding for a period of 100 consecutive days starting on any day between 1st January 2005 and 22nd September 2005 inclusive; and
(d)it was, throughout that period, owned by the claimant, or leased to him under a leasing agreement in writing.