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Land and Milk Quota.

  1. Restricted Quota in Less Favoured Areas.
  2. Recording

Milk Quota Transfers. 7. Relocation

Milk Quota upon transfer

Lands to a Public Authority or for use in the public interest or for Non-agricultural purposes. 8. Relocation

Milk Quota upon Consolidation

a Holding.

  1. Milk Quota Established on Lands held by Lease, Licence or other Limited Interest.
  2. Calculation

Levy.

  1. National Reserve.
  2. Transfer

Milk Quota between Purchasers. 13. Collection

Levy.

  1. Milk Purchaser's Annual Declaration.
  2. Allocation

Unused Quantities.

  1. Temporary Leasing.
  2. Register

Milk Purchasers.

  1. Sole Purchaser.
  2. Group

Purchasers.

  1. Joint Purchaser.
  2. Notification

Registration. 22. Removal or Alteration

Registration.

  1. Access to Register.
  2. Milk Deliveries to a Purchaser.
  3. Maintenance

Records — Milk Purchasers. 26. Maintenance

Records — Direct Sales Producers. 27. Recording

Milk Deliveries. 28. Recording

Milk Intake. 29. Deduction

Levy by Milk Purchasers. 30. Recovery

Levy. 31. Fat Content

Milk Deliveries.

  1. Dormant Milk Quotas.
  2. Definitive Discontinuation

Milk Production. 34. Permanent Transfers

Direct Sales and Delivery Quotas. 35. Restructuring

Milk Quotas. 36. Appointment

Authorised

ficers. 37. Authorised

ficers. 38. Functions performed by Authorised

ficers. 39. Certification

Outstanding Levy. 40. Submission

False Information — Direct Sellers. 41. Submission

Information. 42. Obligations, Liabilities and Penalties for Purchasers. 43.

fences by Corporate Bodies. 44.

fences.

  1. Transitional Measures.
  2. Revocation

the European Communities (Milk Quota) Regulations, 1994. S.I. No. 266

  1. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (MILK QUOTA) REGULATIONS,
  2. I, IVAN YATES, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry, in exercise

the powers conferred on me by section 3

the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27

1972), and for the purpose

giving effect to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3950/921,

the 28th day

December, 1992, Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2055/932

the 19th day

July 1993, Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 536/93

the 9th day

March, 19933 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2562/934

the 17th day

September, 1993 hereby make the following Regulations: 1 Short Title and Commencement. 1.

(1)These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Milk Quota) Regulations, 1995.
(2)These Regulations shall come into operation on the 4th day

October, 1995. 2 Interpretation. 2.

(1)In these Regulations— "authorised

ficer" means an

ficer

the Minister appointed in writing by the Minister to be an authorised

ficer for the purposes

these Regulations; "company" means a company within the meaning

the Companies Acts, 1963 to 1990 and "companies" shall be construed accordingly; "Council Regulation No. 3950/92" means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3950/92

the 28th day

December, 1992, as amended or extended, from time to time; "Council Regulation No. 2055/93" means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2055/93

the 19th day

July, 1993, as amended or extended from time to time; 1O.J. No. L 405 31.12.92, p.

  1. 2O.J. No. L187 19.7.93, p.
  2. 3O.J. No. L57 10.3.93, p.
  3. 4O.J. No. L235 18.9.93, p.
  4. "Commission Regulation No. 536/93" means Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 536/93

the 9th day

March, 1993, as amended or extended from time to time; "Commission Regulation No. 2562/93" means Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2562/93

the 17th day

September, 1993 as amended or extended from time to time; "the Council and the Commission Regulations" means the said Regulations; "delivery quota" means the quantity

milk or other milk products which may be delivered by a producer to a purchaser from his holding [in accordance with these Regulations] in a milk quota year without the producer being liable to pay levy; "direct sales quota" means the quantity

milk or milk products which may be sold or transferred free for direct consumption by a producer from a holding [in accordance with these Regulations] in a milk quota year without the producer being liable to pay levy; "existing purchaser" means a purchaser to whom a producer's milk quota (or part thereof) is for the time being attached; "functions" includes powers and duties; "holding company" has the meaning that it has in section 155

the Companies Acts, 1963; "Industrial and Provident Society" means a Society registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts, 1893 to 1978; "individual purchaser" means a member

a registered group

purchasers or a registered joint purchaser; "individual purchaser" means a member

a registered group

purchasers or a registered joint purchaser; "joint purchaser" means two or more bodies which are purchasers and are ( a ) wholly owned subsidiaries

the same holding company, or ( b ) a holding company and one or more wholly owned subsidiary or subsidiaries

that holding company, or ( c ) an industrial and provident society and one or more companies wholly owned by that society, or ( d ) two or more companies wholly owned by an industrial and provident society; "less favoured areas" means those areas described in the Annex to Council Directive 85/350/EEC

27 June 1985 and in Annexes I and II

Council Directive 91/466/EEC

22 July 1991, as amended or extended from time to time; "levy" means the levy referred to in Council Regulation No. 3950/92; "milk quota year" means a twelve month period beginning on 1 April and ending on the following 31 March; "milk quota" means, except in relation to a purchaser's milk quota, both a delivery and a direct sales quota; "the Minister" means the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry; "public authority" means — ( a ) a Minister

the Government, ( b ) the Commissioners

Public Works in Ireland, ( c ) a local authority for the purposes

the Local Government Act, 1941 , ( d ) a harbour authority within the meaning

the Harbours Act, 1946 , ( e ) a health board established under the Health Act, 1970 , ( f ) a vocational education committee within the meaning

the Vocational Education Act, 1930 , ( g ) a board or other body established by or under statute, ( h ) a company in which all the shares are held by, or on behalf

, or by directors appointed by, a Minister

the Government, ( i ) a company in which all the shares are held by a board, a company, or other body referred to in paragraph (g) or (h)

this definition; "purchaser's milk quota" means the milk quota

a purchaser established, from time to time, under these Regulations, the Council Regulations and the Commission Regulations; "registered group

purchasers" means two or more purchasers registered as a group under Regulation 17

these Regulations; "registered joint purchaser" means two or more bodies registered as a joint purchaser under Regulation 17

these Regulations; "registered sole purchaser" means a purchaser registered as a sole purchaser under Regulation 17

these Regulations; "restricted quota" means a milk quota attached to lands situated in the less favoured areas; "the register" has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 17

these Regulations and cognate words shall be construed accordingly; "SLOM II Quota" means a special milk quota referred to in Article 4

(3)

Council Regulation No. 3950/92; "SLOM III Quota" means a special milk quota referred to in Council Regulation No. 2055/93; "sole purchaser" means a purchaser who does not form part

a registered group

purchasers or a registered joint purchaser; "subsidiary company" has the meaning that it has in Section 155

the Companies Act, 1963 ,

(2)A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and is also used in the Council and the Commission Regulations or in any

them, shall, unless the contrary intention is expressed, have in these Regulations the meaning it has in those Regulations or in any

them.

(3)Any reference in these Regulations to a transfer by sale, lease or inheritance shall include a reference to other transfers having a comparable legal effect for producers.
(4)In these Regulations a reference to a lease does not include a reference to a licence.
(5)A reference to a transfer

a holding or part thereof in Regulations 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9

these Regulations means a reference to such a transfer under which the right to operate the holding or part thereof is transferred.

(6)A reference to a registered purchaser in these Regulations means a reference to a registered sole purchaser, a registered group

purchasers or a registered joint purchaser unless the contrary intention is expressed.

(7)A reference to a purchaser in Regulation 6, 12, 24
(2), 24
(3), 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33 or 35

these Regulations means a reference to a sole purchaser or an individual purchaser.

(8)A reference to a purchaser in Regulation 10, 13, 14, 30 or 39

these Regulations means a reference to a sole purchaser, a registered group

purchasers or a registered joint purchaser.

(9)For the purposes

the definition

"joint purchaser" in paragraph

(1)

this Regulation a company which is a wholly owned subsidiary

a holding company (the first holding company) within the meaning

section 155

the Companies Act, 1963 , shall also be deemed to be a wholly owned subsidiary

any other holding company (the second holding company)

which the first holding company is a wholly owned subsidiary and

any other holding company (the third holding company)

which the second holding company is a wholly owned subsidiary and

any other holding company (the fourth holding company)

which the third holding company is a wholly owned subsidiary and

any further holding company

which the fourth holding company is a wholly owned subsidiary and so on. Any such holding company shall, for the purposes

that definition, be deemed to be the holding company

any such wholly owned subsidiary. Furthermore, for the purposes

that definition, a company shall be deemed to be wholly owned by an industrial and provident society if, for those purposes, it is or is deemed to be a wholly owned subsidiary

a holding company where that holding company is owned by that society. 3 Competent Authority. 3. The Minister shall be the competent authority for the purposes

the Council and the Commission Regulations. 4 Transfers

Land and Milk Quota. 4.

(1)Subject to the provisions

paragraphs

(4),
(5),
(6),
(7),
(8),
(9)AND
(19)

this Regulation, where any holding, or part thereof is transferred by sale, lease, or inheritance the milk quota attached to that holding or part thereof shall be transferred by virtue

this Regulation to the producer to whom that transfer is made: Provided that the requirements

Regulation 6

these Regulations are complied with.

(2)In this Regulation "land used for milk production" means any area used for the purpose

maintaining a milk production enterprise, including land used as pasture for cows producing milk and replacement heifers and land used for forage production for feeding to a dairy herd.

(3)For the purposes

this Regulation and Regulations 5, 6, 7 and 8

these Regulations, a milk quota shall be deemed to be attached to the land used for milk production in the last milk quota year, prior to the milk quota year ("the year

transfer") in which a transfer takes place or in which an application is made under Regulation 7 or 8

these Regulations, in which the amount

milk production

the transferor was equal to or greater than 90 per cent

the quota in question minus— ( a ) any quota added thereto in the year

transfer or in the year before the year

transfer by means

a reallocation in accordance with Regulation 35

these Regulations, and ( b ) any quota added thereto in the year

transfer or in the year before the year

transfer by allocation from a national reserve.

(4)Notwithstanding paragraph
(3)

this Regulation, in the case

a sale

land to which a milk quota is attached, the milk quota so acquired shall remain attached to such land for the purposes

this Regulation and Regulations 5, 6, 7 and 8

these Regulations until the 31st day

March, 2000 where that sale takes place after the 31st day

March, 1994.

(5)Paragraph
(3)

this Regulation shall not apply to cases to which paragraph

(6)

this Regulation applies.

(6)This Regulation shall not apply to either— ( a ) a licence to occupy land, or ( b ) a lease for a period

less than twelve months.

(7)( a ) Subject to Regulation 9

these Regulations, where a lease

any land to which a milk quota attaches expires that milk quota shall be transferred to the lessor

such land on that expiry. ( b ) Where a lease

any land to which a milk quota attaches expires on a date other than the last day

the milk quota year, the amount

the milk quota to be transferred to the lessor

such land on that expiry for the remainder

the milk quota year in question shall be an amount

milk quota calculated in accordance with procedures to be determined by the Minister. ( c ) The procedures for a determination under subparagraph (b)

this paragraph shall be set out in a notice to be published in a National newspaper as soon as may be after they are established.

(8)Notwithstanding paragraph
(1)

this Regulation, where a producer who holds a SLOM II quota sold or leased all

his holding before the 30th day

June, 1994, then that SLOM II quota shall by virtue

this Regulation be added to the national reserve. If part

the holding was sold or leased before the 30th day

June, 1994, then, a proportion

that SLOM II quota shall be so added to the national reserve and the proportion to be so added shall be in the same proportion to the total SLOM II quota as the part

the holding sold or leased is to the total holding.

(9)Notwithstanding paragraph
(1)

this Regulation, where a producer who holds a SLOM III quota sells or leases all

his holding before the 1st day

October, 1996, then that SLOM III quota shall by virtue

this Regulation be added to the national reserve. If part

the holding is sold or leased before the 1st day

October, 1996, then a proportion

that SLOM III quota shall be so added to the national reserve and the proportion to be so added shall be in the same proportion to the total SLOM III quota as the part

the holding sold or leased is to the total holding.

(10)A person who purports to transfer or to acquire a milk quota, other than in accordance with these Regulations, shall be guilty

an

fence.

(11)A person who makes a transfer referred to in paragraph
(1)

this Regulation and who purports to retain an entitlement to the milk quota shall be guilty

an

fence.

(12)A person to whom a transfer referred to in paragraph
(1)

this Regulation is made and who purports to allow the transferor to retain an entitlement to the milk quota shall be guilty

an

fence.

(13)In a case where there was no year in which the amount

milk production referred to in paragraph

(3)

this Regulation was achieved then for the purposes

this Regulation and Regulations 5, 6, 7 and 8

these Regulations, no quota shall be deemed to be attached to any land except in accordance with a certificate

the Minister given under paragraph

(14)

this Regulation.

(14)On an application in writing being made to him for a certificate under this paragraph the Minister may certify that the quota in question shall be attached to such land as the Minister may think proper having regard to any land used for milk production in any period prior to the milk quota year in which the application is made which the Minister thinks proper to take account
(15)Where the amount

milk production referred to in paragraph

(3)

this Regulation was achieved entirely or partly on land held by the producer under a lease or licence or other limited interest then, for the purposes

this Regulation and Regulations 5, 6, 7 and 8

these Regulations, no quota shall be deemed to be attached to any land except in accordance with a certificate

the Minister given under paragraph

(16)

this Regulation.

(16)On an application in writing being made to him for a certificate under this paragraph the Minister may certify that the quota in question shall be attached to such land as the Minister may think proper having regard to any land used for milk production in any period prior to the milk quota year in which the application is made which the Minister thinks proper to take account
(17)Subject to paragraph
(7)

this Regulation, the Minister may, under paragraph

(16)

this Regulation, certify that milk quota shall be attached to land purchased or inherited at any time before the application for that certificate is made.

(18)When the amount

milk production referred to in paragraph

(3)

this Regulation relates to milk quota established entirely or partly on land held by the producer under a lease or licence or other limited interest, then, for the purposes

this Regulation and Regulation 9

these Regulations, quota shall be deemed to be attached to that land where a declaration has not been given by the Minister under paragraph

(1)

Regulation 9

these Regulations.

(19)The Minister may make a determination

the cases

transfers referred to in paragraph 1

Article 7

.1

Council Regulation No. 3950/92 where any part

the milk quota is not transferred with the holding and is added to the national reserve.

(20)A determination under paragraph
(19)

this Regulation shall be made by way

a notice containing such determination published in a National newspaper. 5 Restricted Quota in Less Favoured Areas. 5.

(1)In the case

the transfer in accordance with Regulation 4

(1)

these Regulations, by way

sale, lease or inheritance,

any holding or part thereof situated in the less-favoured areas, the only milk which may be recorded against the milk quota attached to that holding or part thereof which is transferred shall be milk produced from a dairy herd permanently maintained on the transferred land, or on other lands operated by the transferee or on both such lands which are situated so that the distance between— ( a ) any part

the boundary

the transferred lands, where the transferred lands comprise

contiguous lands, or any part

the boundary

the largest part

the transferred lands where the transferred lands do not consist

contiguous lands, and ( b ) any part

the boundary

such other lands where those lands comprise

contiguous lands, or any part

the boundary

the largest part

such other lands on which the where those lands do not consist

contiguous lands, does not exceed 48 kilometres.

(2)A person to whom a transfer referred to in paragraph
(1)

this Regulation is made and who knowingly delivers or

fers for delivery to a purchaser with the intention that the milk be recorded against his restricted quota, milk which has been obtained from cows other than those in a dairy herd referred to in paragraph

(1)

this Regulation, shall be guilty

an

fence.

(3)Paragraph
(1)

this Regulation shall not apply to any transfer

land by way

a renewal

a lease

any land where that lease had not expired at the time

the commencement

these Regulations: Provided that the person entitled to the lessee's interest at the expiry

the lease being renewed is either ( a ) the original lessee, or, ( b ) a person who has become entitled to the lessee's interest by way

inheritance; and that person becomes entitled to that interest on that renewal. 6 Recording

Milk Quota Transfers. 6.

(1)Where there is a transfer by means

a sale, lease or inheritance to which Regulation 4

(1)applies, the producer to whom the transfer is made shall, within two months

the date

transfer, give the documents referred to in paragraph

(2)

this Regulation— ( a ) in the case

a delivery quota, to the purchaser to whom the quota is attached, or ( b ) in the case

a direct sales quota, to the Minister.

(2)For the purposes

paragraph

(1)

this Regulation the documents are— ( a ) in the case

a delivery quota, the form set out in the First Schedule to these Regulations and referred to in these Regulations as the "Delivery Milk Quota Transfer Form" which shall be signed by the transferor and the transferee, ( b ) in the case

a direct sales quota, the form set out in the Second Schedule to these Regulations and referred to in these Regulations as the "Direct Sales Milk Quota Transfer Form" which shall be signed by the transferor and the transferee, and ( c ) in the case

both a delivery and a direct sales quota, a copy

the instrument

transfer together with a map showing the land transferred.

(3)Where paragraph
(1)

this Regulation is complied with, the amount

the milk quota in question which, subject to paragraph

(4)

this Regulation, on the date

the transfer

the holding or part thereof referred to in Regulation 4

(1)

these Regulations, has not been used by the transferor in the milk quota year in which the transfer takes place shall be transferred to the producer to whom that holding or part thereof is transferred with effect from the date

that transfer.

(4)Where paragraph
(1)

this Regulation is complied with, any unused quota attached to the holding or part thereof in question shall not, except in the case

a transfer by inheritance, be treated as part

the transferee's milk quota entitlement for the milk quota year in which the transfer

the holding or part thereof takes place but shall be treated as if it remained unused milk quota available for re-allocation by the Minister in respect

that milk quota year unless the transfer takes place before 31st December in that milk quota year and the documents referred to in paragraph

(2)

this Regulation are given to the appropriate person before 31st December.

(5)Where a milk quota is transferred to a lessor as a result

the expiry

a lease, nothing in this Regulation shall require the submission

a Milk Quota Transfer Form in relation to that transfer

quota.

(6)The documents referred to in paragraphs
(2)and
(11)

this Regulation shall be kept until the 31st day

March, 2001, by the registered purchaser or the Minister as appropriate.

(7)Where paragraph
(1)

this Regulation is not complied with the milk quota in question shall not be transferred to the transferee unless the Minister makes a declaration under paragraph

(10)

this Regulation.

(8)Where paragraph
(1)

this Regulation is not complied with the transferee may apply to the Minister in writing for a declaration under paragraph

(10)

this Regulation.

(9)Where an application is made under paragraph
(8)

this Regulation the Minister may seek such information from the applicant as may be necessary to enable him to make his decision.

(10)Subject to paragraph
(12)

this Regulation, the Minister may make a declaration, on an application being made to him under paragraph

(8)

this Regulation, that the milk quota in question is to be transferred to the transferee with effect from the date

the application or such other date as the Minister thinks proper.

(11)Where the Minister makes a declaration under paragraph
(10)

this Regulation the applicant shall notify the purchaser to whom the quota in question is attached and shall provide him with such documents as the Minister may specify.

(12)A declaration may not be made by the Minister under paragraph
(10)

this Regulation unless the transfer takes place before 31st December in the milk quota year in question and the documents referred to in paragraph

(2)

this Regulation have been given to the appropriate person before 31st December. 7 Relocation

Milk Quota upon transfer

Lands to a Public Authority or for use in the public interest or for Non-agricultural purposes. 7.

(1)Where a producer who is entitled to a milk quota wishes to transfer his holding or part thereof to which that quota is attached to a public authority or for use in the public interest or for non agricultural purposes or where a public authority possessing compulsory purchase powers has given formal notice

intention to exercise those powers in respect

such a holding, or part thereof, and the producer intends to carry on milk production, he may apply to the Minister in the form set out in the Third Schedule to these Regulations for— ( a ) a certificate

retention

milk quota (in the form set out in the Fourth Schedule to these Regulations and referred to in these Regulations as a "Number 1 Certificate

Retention

Milk Quota") certifying that the milk quota attached to the lands proposed to be so transferred shall, in the event

such transfer, be attached to such remainder

the transferor's holding as may be specified in the certificate, or ( b ) a certificate (in the form set out in the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations and referred to in these Regulations as a "Number I Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota") certifying that such milk quota shall, in the event

such transfer be attached to lands to be purchased or leased or inherited by the transferor within one year and three months

the date

the certificate: Provided that the proposed transfer referred to in the application under this paragraph is made within three months

the date

that certificate, or ( c ) a Number 1 Certificate

Retention and a Number 1 Certificate

Transfer in respect

different parts

such quota.

(2)On receipt

an application under paragraph

(1)

this Regulation, the Minister may grant a certificate or certificates referred to in paragraph

(1)

this Regulation provided that each

the following requirements is satisfied: ( a ) the applicant submits to the Minister an application in the form set out in the Third Schedule to these Regulations before the date

the proposed transfer and supplies such information as the Minister may request, ( b ) the applicant gives a written undertaking that he intends to continue in milk production, and the Minister is

the opinion that such intention is bona fide, ( c ) the proposed transferee gives written consent to the application and is a public authority or satisfies the Minister that the proposed transfer is for a non-agricultural purpose or for use in the public interest and provides such information as the Minister may request, ( d ) the applicant provides the Minister with a draft

the proposed instrument

transfer and a map showing the entire

his holding outlining that area

the holding, whether all or part, which it is proposed to transfer, ( e ) where the applicant seeks a Number 1 Certificate

Retention, the Minister is satisfied that the milk quota is capable

being produced on the remainder specified in that application

his holding together with any other milk quota already attached to that remainder, ( f ) such remainder

his holding, if it is held under a lease, is held under a lease for three years or more, ( g ) the holding or part thereof to be so transferred shall be owned in fee simple by the applicant and, except in a case where a public authority possessing compulsory purchase powers has given formal notice

its intention to exercise those powers in respect

such a holding, or part thereof, shall have been so owned before the 1st day

April, 1994, by the applicant or by a person from whom the applicant acquired such a holding or part thereof, by way

inheritance, ( h ) where the applicant seeks a Number I Certificate

Retention

Milk Quota in respect

restricted quota, the Certificate

Retention will not be granted unless the distance between (i) any part

the boundary

the part

the lands to which the restricted quota is attached where those lands comprise

contiguous lands or any part

the boundary

the largest part

the lands to which the restricted quota is attached where those lands do not comprise

contiguous lands, and (ii) any part

the boundary

the lands to which the milk quota is to be attached where those lands comprise

contiguous lands, or any part

the boundary

the largest part

the lands to which the milk quota is to be attached where those lands do not comprise

contiguous lands does not exceed forty-eight kilometres. ( i ) sub-paragraph (h) shall not apply in a case where a public authority possessing compulsory purchase powers has given formal notice

its intention to exercise those powers in respect

such a holding to which a restricted milk quota is attached, ( j ) the proposed transfer

the fee simple

the applicant shall not be subject to any other estate or interest unless approved

by the Minister, and ( k ) where the applicant seeks a Number I Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota the application shall be executed in accordance with the rules for the execution

a will set out in section 78

the Succession Act, 1965 .

(3)Where a Number 1 Certificate

Retention

Milk Quota is granted, the milk quota shall be attached to any remainder

the transferor's holding specified in that certificate and in accordance with that certificate from the date on which the proposed transfer referred to in that certificate is made: provided that the transfer referred to in that certificate is made within three months

the date

that certificate.

(4)Where a transfer in relation to which a Number I Certificate

Retention

Milk Quota has effect is made, the transferor shall notify in writing the Minister within two months

the date

that transfer, that the transfer has been made and shall furnish the Minister with such other information as the Minister may require.

(5)A person who fails to comply with paragraph
(4)

this Regulation shall be guilty

an

fence.

(6)On receipt

an application in the form set out in the Sixth Schedule to these Regulations, the Minister may grant a certificate (referred to in these Regulations as a "Number 1 Certificate

Attachment

Milk Quota") in the form set out in the Seventh Schedule to these Regulations provided that the applicant— ( a ) has a Number I Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota in respect

the milk quota to be attached pursuant to the certificate applied for; ( b ) takes a lease

lands for a period

three years or more or purchases lands or inherits lands within one year and three months

the date

the Number I Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota: Provided that the transfer referred to in that certificate is made within three months

the date

that certificate; ( c ) submits the application in the form set out in the Sixth Schedule to these Regulations within two months

the lease or purchase or inheritance referred to in subparagraph (b)

this paragraph; ( d ) in the case

restricted quota, subject to the exceptions referred to at sub-paragraphs (e) and (f)

this paragraph, takes a lease

land for a period

three years or more or purchases lands or inherits lands within one year and three months

the date

the Number I Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota provided that the distance between— (i) any part

the boundary

the part

the lands to which the restricted quota was attached, where those lands comprise

contiguous lands, or any part

the boundary

the largest part

the lands to which the restricted quota was attached where those lands do not comprise

contiguous lands, and (ii) any part

the boundary

the lands to which the milk quota is to be attached where those lands comprise

contiguous lands, or any part

the boundary

the largest part

the lands to which the milk quota is to be attached where those lands do not comprise

contiguous lands does not exceed forty-eight kilometres; ( e ) sub-paragraph (d)

this paragraph shall not apply in a case where a public authority possessing compulsory purchase powers has given formal notice

its intention to exercise those powers in respect

such a holding to which a restricted quota is attached; ( f ) sub-paragraph (d) shall not apply where the applicant seeking a Number I Certificate

Attachment

Milk Quota is transferring his entire holding where the holding to be so transferred is owned in fee simple, by the applicant or by the person from whom the applicant acquired such holding by way

inheritance, for a period

three years before the date

coming into operation

these Regulations; ( g ) satisfies the Minister that such land is capable

producing the milk quota; ( h ) gives a written undertaking that it is his intention to continue in milk production and satisfies the Minister that such intention is bona fide; ( i ) submits to the Minister a copy

each

the instruments

transfer or

the instrument

transfer and

the contract, as the case may be, and

the map, referred to in the Sixth Schedule to these Regulations; and ( j ) supplies such information as the Minister may request.

(7)Where a Number I Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota is granted, the grantee

the certificate, or, in the circumstances referred to in paragraph

(13)

this Regulation, the person designated by him, shall remain entitled to the relevant milk quota for a period

one year and three months from the date

that certificate provided the transfer referred to in that certificate is made within three months

the date

that certificate, and shall remain so entitled after that period where the Minister has granted a Number I Certificate

Attachment

Milk Quota during that period.

(8)The Minister may grant a Number 1 Certificate

Retention

Milk Quota or a Number 1 Certificate

Attachment

Milk Quota for part only

the milk quota where he is not satisfied that the lands in question are capable

producing the entire

the milk quota.

(9)Where a Number 1 Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota has been granted and where no Number 1 Certificate

Attachment

Milk Quota has been granted in respect

all or part

the milk quota in question during the period

one year and three months specified in paragraph

(7)

this Regulation, then all or that part

that milk quota, as the case may be, shall be added to the national reserve.

(10)A Number 1 Certificate

Retention

Milk Quota or a Number 1 Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota shall have effect only where the transfer referred to in such certificate is made within three months

the date

that certificate.

(11)Notwithstanding paragraph
(10)

this Regulation, the Minister may, on an application being made in writing for that purpose to him during the period referred to in paragraph

(10)

this Regulation or within two months following the end

that period, by the person to whom it was granted, extend the validity

a Number I Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota or a Number I Certificate

Retention

Milk Quota issued under this Regulation where a failure to make a transfer referred to in such a certificate is due to some reasonable cause.

(12)The Minister may, on an application being made in writing in that behalf to him by a person designated by a deceased grantee

a Number I Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota during the period referred to in paragraph

(10)

this Regulation, or within six months following the end

that period, extend the validity

a Number I Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota.

(13)Where a grantee

a Number 1 Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota dies after making the transfer referred to in that certificate or where his personal representative makes or is obliged to make that transfer after his death, then the person designated by that grantee in his application for the certificate as the beneficiary in the event

the applicant's death

the right to attach the milk quota in question to land to be purchased or inherited or leased may, on compliance with the conditions referred to in paragraph

(6)

this Regulation, apply for and be granted a Number 1 Certificate

Attachment

Milk Quota: Provided that an undertaking for the purposes

sub-paragraph (h)

paragraph

(6)

this Regulation need only be an undertaking that it is his intention to engage in milk production.

(14)Where a person transfers by sale for use for a non-agricultural purpose any part

a holding which is not more than half a hectare in size and such part is one to which a milk quota is attached, such milk quota shall be attached to the remainder

the transferor's holding from the date

the transfer: Provided that that remainder is capable

producing that amount

quota and the instrument

transfer contains a declaration by the transferee that he does not intend to use the land so transferred for agricultural purposes and that he consents to the retention by the transferor

the milk quota attached to that land.

(15)Paragraph
(14)

this Regulation shall apply to only two such transfers by a person in any one calendar year.

(16)A reference in this Regulation to a transfer or a proposed transfer shall include, where appropriate, a reference to a compulsory acquisition by a public authority possessing compulsory purchase powers or to a proposed transfer to such a public authority which has given formal notice

intention to exercise those powers. 8 Relocation

Milk Quota upon Consolidation

a Holding. 8.

(1)Where a producer wishes to improve the structure

milk production on his holding by— ( a ) a transfer

all

his holding with a subsequent purchase or inheritance

other lands in fee simple, or ( b ) a transfer

part

his holding, whether with or without a subsequent purchase or inheritance

other land in fee simple, he may apply to the Minister before the proposed transfer for— (i) a certificate (in the form set out in the Eighth Schedule to these Regulations and referred to in these Regulations as a "Number II Certificate

Retention

Milk Quota") that the milk quota attached to the part

his holding which he proposes to transfer shall, in the event

such transfer, be attached to such other part

his holding as may be specified in the certificate, or (ii) a certificate (in the form set out in the Ninth Schedule to these Regulations and referred to in these Regulations as a "Number II Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota") that such milk quota shall, in the event

such transfer, be attached to land to be purchased or inherited by the transferor within one year and three months

the date

the certificate, or (iii) a Number II Certificate

Retention

Milk Quota and a Number II Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota in respect

different parts

such milk quota.

(2)On receipt

an application under paragraph

(1)

this Regulation, the Minister may grant a certificate or certificates referred to in paragraph

(1)

this Regulation provided that each

the following requirements is satisfied: ( a ) the applicant submits to the Minister an application for a certificate in the form set out in the Tenth Schedule to these Regulations before the date

the proposed transfer and supplies such information as the Minister may request, ( b ) the Minister is satisfied that the producer will improve the structure

milk production on his holding as a result

the proposed transfer, or

the proposed transfer and a subsequent purchase or inheritance, as the case may be, ( c ) the applicant gives a written undertaking

his intention to continue in milk production and satisfies the Minister that such intention is bona fide, ( d ) the proposed transferee gives written consent to the application for a certificate or certificates, ( e ) the applicant provides the Minister with a draft

the proposed instrument

transfer and a map showing the entire

his holding, and outlining that area

the holding, whether all or part, which it is proposed to transfer, ( f ) where the applicant seeks a Number II Certificate

Retention

Milk Quota the Minister is satisfied that such milk quota is capable

being produced on the remainder specified in the application

his holding together with any other milk quota already attached to that remainder

his holding and that that remainder is held in fee simple, ( g ) the holding or part thereof to be so transferred shall be owned in fee simple by the applicant and shall have been so owned before the 1st day

April, 1994 by the applicant or by a person from whom the applicant acquired such a holding or part thereof, by way

inheritance, ( h ) where the applicant seeks a Number II Certificate

Retention

Milk Quota, in respect

restricted quota, the Certificate

Retention will not be granted unless the distance between— (i) any part

the boundary

the part

the lands to which the restricted quota is attached where those lands comprise

contiguous lands, or any part

the boundary

the largest part

the lands to which the restricted quota is attached where those lands do not comprise

contiguous lands, and (ii) any part

the boundary

the lands to which the milk quota is to be attached where those lands comprise

contiguous lands, or any part

the boundary

the largest part

the lands to which the milk quota is to be attached where those lands do not comprise

contiguous lands— does not exceed forty-eight kilometres, ( i ) the proposed transfer

the applicant's fee simple shall not be subject to any other estate or interest, unless approved

by the Minister, and ( j ) where the applicant seeks a Number II Certificate

Transfer the application shall be executed in accordance with the rules for the execution

a will set out in Section 78

the Succession Act, 1965 .

(3)Where a Number II Certificate

Retention

Milk Quota is granted, the milk quota shall be attached to any remainder

the transferor's holding specified in that certificate and in accordance with that certificate from the date on which the proposed transfer referred to in that certificate is made: provided the transfer referred to in that certificate is made within three months

the date

that certificate.

(4)Where a transfer in relation to which a Number II Certificate

Retention

Milk Quota has effect is made, the transferor shall notify in writing the Minister within two months

the date

that transfer, that the transfer has been made and shall furnish the Minister with such other information as the Minister may require.

(5)A person who fails to comply with paragraph
(4)

this Regulation shall be guilty

an

fence.

(6)On receipt

an application in the form set out in the Eleventh Schedule to these Regulations, the Minister may grant a certificate (referred to in these Regulations as a "Number II Certificate

Attachment

Milk Quota") in the form set out in the Twelfth Schedule to these Regulations provided that the applicant: ( a ) has a Number II Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota in respect

the milk quota to be attached pursuant to the certificate applied for, ( b ) purchases or inherits land within one year and three months

the date

the Number II Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota: Provided the transfer referred to in that certificate is made within three months

the date

that certificate, ( c ) submits the application in the form set out in the Eleventh Schedule to these Regulations within two months

the purchase or inheritance referred to in subparagraph (b)

this paragraph, ( d ) in the case

restricted quota, subject to the exception referred to at sub-paragraph (e)

this paragraph, purchases land or inherits land within one year and three months

the date

the Number II Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota, provided that the distance between— (i) any part

the boundary

the part

the applicant's holding to which the restricted quota was attached where those lands comprise

contiguous lands or any part

the boundary

the largest part

the applicant's holding to which the restricted quota was attached where those lands do not comprise

contiguous lands, and (ii) any part

the boundary

the lands to which the milk quota is to be attached where those lands comprise

contiguous lands, or any part

the boundary

the largest part

the lands to which the milk quota is to be attached where those lands do not comprise

contiguous lands— does not exceed forty-eight kilometres, ( e ) sub-paragraph (d)

this paragraph shall not apply where the applicant seeking a Number II Certificate

Attachment

Milk Quota transferred his entire holding where the holding so transferred was owned in fee simple by the applicant or by the person from whom the applicant acquired such holding by way

inheritance, for a period

three years before the date

coming into operation

these Regulations, ( f ) satisfies the Minister that the land is capable

producing the milk quota, ( g ) gives a written undertaking that it is his intention to continue in milk production and satisfies the Minister that such intention is bona fide, ( h ) the applicant submits to the Minister a copy

each

the instruments

transfer or

the instrument

transfer and

the contract as the case may be and

the map referred to in the Eleventh Schedule to these Regulations, and ( i ) supplies such information as the Minister may request.

(7)Where a Number II Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota is granted, the grantee

the Certificate or, in the circumstances referred to in paragraph

(13)

this Regulation, the person designated by him, shall remain entitled to the relevant milk quota for a period

one year and three months from the date

that certificate, provided the transfer referred to in that certificate is made within three months

the date

that certificate, and shall remain so entitled after that period where the Minister has granted a Number II Certificate

Attachment

Milk Quota during that period.

(8)The Minister may grant a Number II Certificate

Retention

Milk Quota or a Number II Certificate

Attachment

Milk Quota for part only

the milk quota where he is not satisfied that the land in question is capable

producing the entire

the milk quota.

(9)Where a Number II Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota has been granted and where no Number II Certificate

Attachment

Milk Quota has been granted in respect

all or part

the milk quota concerned during the period specified in paragraph

(7)

this Regulation, then all or that part

that milk quota, as the case may be, shall be added to the national reserve.

(10)A Number II Certificate

Retention

Milk Quota or a Number II Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota shall have effect only where the transfer referred to in such certificate is made within three months

the date

that certificate.

(11)Notwithstanding paragraph
(10)

this Regulation, the Minister may, on an application being made in writing in that behalf to him during the period referred to in paragraph

(10)

this Regulation, or within two months following the end

that period, by the person to whom the certificate was granted, extend the validity

a Number II Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota or a Number II Certificate

Retention

Milk Quota issued under this Regulation, where a failure to make the transfer referred to in such a certificate is due to some reasonable cause.

(12)The Minister may, on an application being made in writing in that behalf by a person designated by a deceased grantee

a Number II Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota during the period referred to in paragraph

(10)

this Regulation, or within six months following the end

that period, extend the validity

a Number II Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota.

(13)Where a grantee

a Number II Certificate

Transfer

Milk Quota dies after making the transfer referred to in that certificate or where his personal representative makes or is obliged to make that transfer after his death, then the person designated by that grantee in his application for the certificate as the beneficiary in the event

the applicant's death

the right to attach the milk quota in question to land to be purchased or inherited may, on compliance with the conditions referred to in paragraph

(6)

this Regulation, apply for and be granted a Number II Certificate

Attachment

Milk Quota: Provided, that an undertaking for the purposes

subparagraph (g)

paragraph

(6)

this Regulation need only be an undertaking that it is his intention to engage in milk production. 9 Milk Quota Established on Lands held by Lease, Licence or other Limited Interest. 9.

(1)Where, in respect

land to which milk quota attaches, there is a lease or licence or other limited interest due to expire without any possibility

renewal on similar terms, the person entitled to such an interest may apply in writing to the Minister for a declaration that all or part

the milk quota concerned shall be transferred to him and the Minister may make a declaration that all or part

the milk quota shall be so transferred.

(2)An application under paragraph
(1)shall be made within whichever

the following times is applicable, that is to say: ( a ) in the case

a lease or licence terminated by notice to quit, after service

such notice but before such notice takes effect, or ( b ) in the case

a lease or licence or other limited interest terminating by the expiration

a term

years or other certain period or by any other certain event, not less than three months before such termination, or ( c ) in the case

a lease or licence or other limited interest which has expired by termination

possession, not more than three months after such termination or within three months from the date on which notification

termination has been given, whichever is the earlier.

(3)The Minister shall, if he considers it appropriate to do so, make a declaration under paragraph
(1)

this Regulation within three months after the date

receipt

a request under that paragraph.

(4)A declaration under paragraph
(1)

this Regulation shall not be made unless the applicant for such declaration supplies such information as the Minister may request and the Minister is satisfied that any person who has an interest in the proposed declaration has been given notice in writing

the consideration by the Minister

the matter and has had an opportunity to submit observations in writing in that behalf.

(5)Where an application has been made under paragraph
(1)

this Regulation, the Minister may stay the operation

paragraph

(7)

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these Regulations for a period not exceeding six months.

(6)Where the Minister has made a declaration under paragraph
(1)

this Regulation the person in whose favour that declaration has been made or the person designated by him in his application for the declaration as the beneficiary in the event

his death

the right to attach the milk quota in question to land to be purchased, inherited or leased shall remain entitled to the milk quota for a period

one year and three months from the date

the declaration and he shall remain so entitled after that period where the Minister has granted a Number III Certificate

Attachment in the form set out in the Thirteenth Schedule to these Regulations during that period.

(7)On an application in writing being made within two months

the expiry

a period referred to in paragraph

(2)

this Regulation the Minister may extend the time for making an application referred to in that paragraph by one month where he is satisfied that a failure to make such an application was due to some reasonable cause.

(8)On receipt

an application, the Minister may grant a certificate referred to in these Regulations as a Number III Certificate

Attachment

Milk Quota provided that the applicant satisfies each

the following requirements, namely, he— ( a ) has received a declaration under paragraph

(1)

this Regulation in respect

the milk quota to be attached pursuant to the certificate applied for, ( b ) owns land, or has a lease

land for a period

three years or more, or purchases land, or inherits land within one year and three months after the date

the declaration, ( c ) applies to the Minister in writing within two months

the lease or purchase or inheritance referred to in subparagraph (b)

this paragraph, or within two months

the date

the declaration granted under paragraph

(1)

this Regulation in the case

land owned at the date

that declaration, ( d ) satisfies the Minister that the land referred to at subparagraph (b)

this paragraph is capable

producing the milk quota, ( e ) gives a written undertaking that it is his intention to continue in milk production, and satisfies the Minister that such intention is bona fide, ( f ) submits to the Minister a map

the land referred to at subparagraph (b)

this paragraph and in the case

land not owned at the date

the declaration a copy

the instrument

transfer, ( g ) supplies such information as the Minister may request.

(9)The Minister may grant a Number III Certificate

Attachment

Milk Quota for part only

the milk quota where he is not satisfied that the land in question is capable

producing the entire

the milk quota.

(10)Where no Number III Certificate

Attachment

Milk Quota has been granted in respect

all or part

the milk quota included in the declaration referred to in paragraph

(1)

this Regulation during the period

one year and three months specified in paragraph

(6)

this Regulation then all or that part

that milk quota shall be added to the national reserve.

(11)Paragraph
(1)

this Regulation shall apply to a person who has established a quota or his heirs but it shall not apply to a person who has acquired quota by way

a lease

land and quota.

(12)An application under paragraph
(1)

this Regulation in relation to a lease referred to in a Number 1 Certificate

Retention

Milk Quota or a Number 1 Certificate

Attachment

Milk Quota shall be granted.

(13)An application under paragraph 1

this Regulation in relation to a lease referred to in a Number III Certificate

Attachment shall be granted.

(14)A person entitled to a lease referred to in paragraph
(12)or paragraph
(13)

this Regulation who fails to notify the Minister

the expiry

that lease shall be guilty

an

fence.

(15)The Minister may add to the national reserve a milk quota to which a person was entitled by virtue

an expired lease referred to in paragraph

(12)or paragraph
(13)

this Regulation where no application under paragraph

(1)

this Regulation has been made.

(16)Where a grantee

a declaration under paragraph

(1)

this Regulation dies after receiving the declaration then the person who shall have been designated by that grantee in his application for that declaration as the beneficiary in the event

his death

the right to attach the milk quota in question to land owned or to be purchased or inherited or leased may, on compliance with the conditions referred to in paragraph

(8)

this Regulation, apply for and be granted a Number III Certificate

Attachment: Provided that an undertaking for the purposes

paragraph

(8)(e)

this Regulation need only be an undertaking that it is his intention to engage in milk production.

(17)An application under paragraph
(1)

this Regulation shall be executed in accordance with the rules for the execution

a will set out in section 78

the Succession Act, 1965 . 10 Calculation

Levy. 10. For the purposes

Article 2

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Council Regulation No. 3950/92 (which deals with the calculation

the levy) the contribution towards the levy

the producers who make wholesale deliveries shall be established, in accordance with the provisions

that Article, at the level

the purchaser. 11 National Reserve. 11.

(1)The Minister may replenish the national reserve by a reduction by a specified percentage

each

the individual milk quotas in order to grant additional or specific milk quotas to producers determined in accordance with objective criteria agreed with the Commission

the European Communities and published by the Minister in a National newspaper.

(2)Whenever the Minister makes a reduction under paragraph
(1)

this Regulation, notice

such reduction shall be given by ordinary prepaid post to each purchaser and a notice

that reduction shall be inserted in a National newspaper and that notice shall state in general terms the reason for the reduction.

(3)The Minister shall, by notice published in a National newspaper, specify the manner in which milk quotas shall be granted to the producers referred to in paragraph
(1)

this Regulation and the conditions to be complied with by a producer to whom such a grant is to be made. 12 Transfer

Milk Quota between Purchasers. 12.

(1)The Minister shall establish, from time to time, the total

any delivery quotas attached to each purchaser, for the purposes

these Regulations and the Council and the Commission Regulations.

(2)The Minister shall notify, in writing, a purchaser

any change in his milk quota made pursuant to these Regulations.

(3)A producer may transfer his delivery quota, in whole or in part, from his existing purchaser to a new purchaser, in any quarter beginning 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October, by commencing deliveries

milk in that quarter to the new purchaser pursuant to notices under paragraphs

(4)and
(5)

this Regulation.

(4)A producer who wishes to effect a transfer referred to in paragraph
(3)

this Regulation, shall send to the purchasers concerned, notices

his intention to make a transfer in that quarter and the notices shall be sent in sufficient time so as to arrive not later than the last day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday,

the second last quarter before the commencement

the quarter in which he wishes the transfer to be effected.

(5)The notices referred to in paragraph
(4)

this Regulation shall be sent — ( a ) to the existing purchaser, a notice (referred to in these Regulations as Producer Transfer Notice Number 1) in the form set out in the Fourteenth Schedule to these Regulations, and ( b ) to the new purchaser, a notice (referred to in these Regulations as Producer Transfer Notice Number II) in the form set out in the Fifteenth Schedule to these Regulations which notice shall be accompanied by— (i) where the quota to be transferred includes quota to which the producer is entitled under a lease

land, a copy

the lease and, (ii) if applicable, a copy

the "Delivery Milk Quota Transfer Form" referred to in subparagraph (a)

Paragraph

(2)

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these Regulations.

(6)Where the producer does not commence deliveries to the new purchaser in the quarter referred to in such notices those notices shall cease to have any effect.
(7)Where deliveries to a new purchaser pursuant to such notices have commenced, that purchaser shall, within two months

the date

such commencement, apply in writing to the Minister in accordance with paragraph

(10)

this Regulation for an appropriate adjustment in its milk quota and in that

the existing purchaser.

(8)The Minister shall refuse to grant an application under paragraph
(7)

this Regulation unless the applicant provides him with copies

the certificates

posting or other similar evidence in writing

posting referred to in paragraph

(14)

this Regulation.

(9)The Minister shall give notice in writing to the existing purchaser

the application referred to in paragraph

(7)

this Regulation.

(10)The application referred to in paragraph
(7)

this Regulation shall be in such form and shall contain such information as the Minister may, from time to time, specify in a notice to purchasers.

(11)A person who fails to comply with paragraph
(7)

this Regulation shall be guilty

an

fence.

(12)Notwithstanding paragraph
(3)

this Regulation, a producer may apply in writing to the Minister for approval for the transfer

his delivery quota, in whole or in part, from the existing purchaser to a new purchaser with effect from a date specified in the application and such application shall state the reason why it is being made and the Minister shall give notice in writing to the existing purchaser and the new purchaser

any such application and shall give each

them an opportunity to state his views in writing.

(13)Where the Minister gives an approval under paragraph
(12)

this Regulation, he may do so with effect from a date other than that specified in the application and on specified conditions as to the giving

notices to the existing purchaser and the new purchaser.

(14)The notices referred to in paragraph
(4)and paragraph
(5)

this Regulation shall be sent by pre-paid registered post and such notices shall not be valid unless certificates

posting are, or other similar evidence in writing

posting is, obtained from An Post, which the producer shall make available for inspection and copying, at the request

the existing purchaser, or the Minister, or an authorised

ficer, and the producer shall give copies

the certificates

posting or other such evidence to the new purchaser and shall make them available for inspection by that purchaser.

(15)The amount

the delivery quota transferred in accordance with this Regulation shall, in accordance with the second sub-paragraph

Article 2

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Council Regulation No. 3950/92, be reduced so as to take account

the amount

milk quota necessary to cover the deliveries made by the producer to his existing purchaser in the milk quota year in which the transfer takes place.

(16)The power

the Minister under paragraph

(1)

this Regulation includes the power to revise, whether by a reduction or increase, a purchaser's milk quota where he is satisfied that a particular delivery quota or part thereof should not be regarded as being attached to the purchaser whether because the person apparently entitled thereto is not in fact so entitled or for any other reason.

(17)The power referred to in paragraph
(16)

this Regulation shall not be exercised unless all persons who in the opinion

the Minister have an interest in the proposed revision have been given notice in writing

the consideration by the Minister

the matter and are given an opportunity to submit observations in writing.

(18)A transfer

a quota under paragraph

(3)

this Regulation to which a producer is entitled under a lease

land shall cease to have effect on the expiry

that lease and shall not operate to attach that quota in the name

the lessor to the purchaser to whom the quota had been attached under that transfer and such quota shall, in accordance with paragraph

(7)

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these Regulations on such expiry become attached to the purchaser to which it had been attached before such transfer.

(19)A transfer

a milk quota, from one purchaser to another purchaser which took place before the coming into operation

these Regulations, to which a producer is entitled under a lease

land shall cease to have effect on the expiry

that lease and shall not operate to attach that quota in the name

the lessor to the purchaser to whom the quota had been attached under that transfer and such quota shall, in accordance with paragraph

(7)

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these Regulations on such expiry become attached to the purchaser to which it had been attached before such transfer. 13 Collection

Levy. 13.

(1)Any amount due in respect

the levy which is payable by a purchaser or a direct sales producer pursuant to Council Regulation No. 3950/92 or Commission Regulation No. 536/93 or any amount due in respect

the application

the penalty which is provided for in Article 3.2

Commission Regulation No. 536/93 or the penalty provided for in Article 4.2

the said Commission Regulation shall be paid to the Minister by the person from whom it is due in accordance with the said Regulations and these Regulations.

(2)Any amount due in respect

the levy which is not paid to the Minister in accordance with paragraph

(1)

this Regulation shall bear interest at the rate per annum standing specified for the time being in section 26

the Debtors (Ireland) Act, 1840, in accordance with sub-paragraph 2

Article 3

.4

Commission Regulation No. 536/93 in the case

purchasers and in accordance with sub-paragraph 2

Article 4

.4

Commission Regulation No. 536/93 in the case

direct sales producers.

(3)Any amount due to the Minister which is not paid to him under paragraph
(1)or
(2)

this Regulation may be recovered in any court

competent jurisdiction by the Minister from the person by whom it is payable as a simple contract debt due to the Minister.

(4)A person who is liable under these Regulations to pay to the Minister an amount due on foot

the levy and fails to do so shall be guilty

an

fence. 14 Milk Purchaser's Annual Declaration. 14.

(1)Before the 15th day

May in each year, a purchaser shall forward to the Minister a statement setting out the sum

the delivery quotas attached to it in the previous milk quota year and in respect

any milk and any milk equivalent delivered to it in the previous milk quota year— ( a ) the total quantity, ( b ) the quantity corrected in accordance with Article 2

Commission Regulation No. 536/93, ( c ) the average fat content

any such milk or milk equivalent, and ( d ) the average representative fat content associated with the delivery quotas

the producers who delivered that milk.

(2)A person who fails to comply with paragraph
(1)

this Regulation or forwards to the Minister in purported compliance with that paragraph a statement that is false or misleading in a material respect shall be guilty

an

fence. 15 Allocation

Unused Quantities. 15. For the purposes

Article 2

.4

Council Regulation No. 3950/92 the Minister may, by notice published in a National newspaper, specify the priority categories

producers determined in accordance with Article 5

Commission Regulation No. 536/93 who will benefit from the application

Article 2

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Council Regulation No. 3950/92. 16 Temporary Leasing. 16.

(1)The Minister may determine in accordance with the 2nd paragraph

Article 6

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Council Regulation No. 3950/92 the categories

producers who may benefit from quota made available by way

temporary transfer under the 1st paragraph

Article 6

the Council Regulation No. 3950/92.

(2)A determination under paragraph
(1)

this Regulation shall be made by a notice containing such determination published in a National newspaper.

(3)The Minister may determine in accordance with the 2nd paragraph

Article 6

.1

Council Regulation No. 3950/92 the extent to which temporary transfers under paragraph

(1)

this Regulation may be renewed.

(4)A determination under paragraph
(3)

this Regulation shall be made by way

a notice containing such determination published in a National newspaper. 17 Register

Milk Purchaser. 17.

(1)The Minister shall maintain a register

purchasers to be known as the "Register

Milk Purchasers" and in these Regulations referred to as "the Register".

(2)Any person who purchases milk as a purchaser after the 31st day

March, 1994, unless he is a registered purchaser shall be guilty

an

fence.

(3)Paragraph
(2)

this Regulation shall not apply to a person who was a purchaser on the 1st day

April, 1994, for a period

four months from that date.

(4)Applications for registration in the register shall be— ( a ) In the case

a sole purchaser, in the form set out in the Sixteenth Schedule to these Regulations, ( b ) In the case

a group

purchasers, in the form set out in the Seventeenth Schedule to these Regulations, and ( c ) In the case

a joint purchaser, in the form set out in the Eighteenth Schedule to these Regulations.

(5)A purchaser who was, immediately before the commencement

these Regulations, registered under Regulation 15

the European Communities (Milk Quota) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 70

1994 ), shall on such commencement be registered under these Regulations as a sole purchaser.

(6)Where an application under paragraph
(4)

this Regulation is received by the Minister, he shall consider the application and, if he approves

it, he shall cause the name

the sole purchaser, the group

purchasers or the joint purchaser and all other relevant information to be registered in the Register.

(7)The proof required for the purposes

Regulation 18 (a)

these Regulations, paragraph

(1)(c)

Regulation 19

these Regulations and Regulation 20 (b)

these Regulations shall be ( a ) in the case

an applicant who is a company, a copy

the Memorandum and Articles

Association

the company showing that the company has power to act as a purchaser, or ( b ) the rules in the case

an industrial and provident society established under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts, 1893 to

  1. 18 Sole Purchaser.
  2. A sole purchaser shall not be registered under paragraph

(6)

Regulation 17

these Regulations unless— ( a ) where he is not an individual, he has provided proof in accordance with paragraph

(7)

Regulation 17

these Regulations that he has the legal authority to buy milk, ( b ) he has premises in the State where the stock accounts, registers and other documents referred to in sub-paragraph (c)

Article 7

.1

Commission Regulation No. 536/93 may be inspected by an authorised

ficer, ( c ) he states in the form set out in the Sixteenth Schedule to these Regulations that he undertakes to keep up to date the stock accounts, registers and other documents referred to in sub-paragraph (c)

Article 7

.1

Commission Regulation No. 536/93, and ( d ) he states, in the form set out in the Sixteenth Schedule to these Regulations, to undertake to send and to send to the Minister the statement referred to in paragraph

(1)

Regulation 14

these Regulations in accordance with that Regulation. 19 Group

Purchasers. 19.

(1)A group

purchasers shall not be registered under paragraph

(6)

Regulation 17

these Regulations unless— ( a ) each member provides its name and address; ( b ) each member provides details

its collection area; ( c ) each member provides proof in accordance with paragraph

(7)

Regulation 17

these Regulations that it has the legal authority to buy milk where that member is not an individual, ( d ) the members provide a statement in the form set out in the Seventeenth Schedule to these Regulations that they have decided that a designated person named in the statement shall, on their behalf, carry out the administrative and accounting operations necessary for the payment

the levy and satisfy the Minister that that person has the premises in the State where the accounts and other documents relating to the operation

this subparagraph may be inspected by an authorised

ficer, ( e ) each member has premises in the State where the stock accounts, registers and other documents referred to in sub-paragraph (c)

Article 7

.1

Commission Regulation No. 536/93 may be inspected by an authorised

ficer, ( f ) each member states in the form set out in the Seventeenth Schedule to these Regulations that he will undertake to keep up to date the stock accounts, registers and other documents referred to in sub-paragraph (c)

Article 7

.1

Commission Regulation No. 536/93, and ( g ) the members undertake in the form set out in the Seventeenth Schedule to these Regulations joint and several obligations to send to the Minister the statement referred to in Regulation 14

these Regulations in respect

the registered group

purchasers.

(2)A group

purchasers may only be registered with effect from the first day

April in any year. 20 Joint Purchaser. 20. A joint purchaser shall not be registered under paragraph

(6)

Regulation 17

these Regulations unless: ( a ) each member provides its name and address; ( b ) each member provides proof in accordance with paragraph

(7)

Regulation 17

these Regulations that it has the legal authority to buy milk; ( c ) each member which is a wholly owned subsidiary provides proof that it is such a subsidiary within the meaning

Regulation 2

these Regulations; ( d ) each member which is wholly owned by an industrial and provident society provides the Minister with proof that it is so owned within the meaning

Regulation 2

these Regulations; ( e ) each member has premises in the State where the stock accounts, registers and other documents referred to in sub-paragraph (c)

Article 7

.1

Commission Regulation No. 536/93 may be inspected by an authorised

ficer; ( f ) each member states in the form set out in the Eighteenth Schedule to these Regulations that he undertakes to keep up to date the stock accounts, registers and other documents referred to in sub-paragraph (c)

Article 7

.1

Commission Regulation No. 536/93; and ( g ) the members undertake in the form set out in the Eighteenth Schedule to these Regulations joint and several obligations to send to the Minister the statement referred to in Regulation 14

these Regulations in respect

the registered joint purchaser. 21 Notification

Registration. 21.

(1)Where the Minister has registered a sole purchaser in the Register, he shall notify the purchaser that he has so registered him.
(2)Where the Minister has registered a group

purchasers in the Register, he shall notify each member

that group that he has so registered that group.

(3)Where the Minister has registered a joint purchaser in the Register, he shall notify each member

that joint purchaser that he has so registered that joint purchaser. 22 Removal or Alteration

Registration. 22.

(1)The Minister may remove the reference to a registered sole purchaser from the Register if, where he is not an individual, he ceases to have the legal authority to act as a purchaser or if he ceases to have premises

the type referred to in Regulation 18 (b)

these Regulations or if he breaches either

the undertakings referred to in Regulation 18 (c) and (d)

these Regulations, or if that purchaser repeatedly fails to comply with any other obligation under Council Regulation No. 3950/92 or Commission Regulation No. 536/93, or if the provisions

paragraph

(13)

this Regulation apply.

(2)The Minister may remove the reference to a registered group

purchasers from the Register if the members cease to have the legal authority to act as a purchaser or if the members cease to have premises

the type referred to in paragraph

(1)(e)

Regulation 19

these Regulations, or if they breach any

the undertakings referred to in Regulation 19

(1)(f) or

these Regulations, or if the members repeatedly fail to comply with any other obligation under Council Regulation No. 3950/92 or Commission Regulation No. 536/93, or if the provisions

paragraph

(13)

this Regulation apply to the members, or if the statement referred to in paragraph

(1)(d)

Regulation 19

these Regulations is no longer correct or, if the designated person ceases to carry out the operations or ceases to have the premises referred to in paragraph

(1)(d)

Regulation 19

these Regulations.

(3)In the case

a registered group

purchasers consisting only

two members, the Minister may remove the reference to the group

purchasers from the Register where one member who is not an individual ceases to have the legal authority to act as a purchaser, or if one

the members ceases to have premises

the type referred to in paragraph

(1)(e)

Regulation 19

these Regulations, or if one

the members breaches the undertaking referred to in paragraph

(1)(f)

Regulation 19

these Regulations, or if one

the members repeatedly fails to comply with any other obligation under Council Regulation No. 3950/92 or Commission Regulation No. 536/93, or if the provisions

paragraph

(13)

this Regulation apply to one

the members, or if the statement referred to in paragraph

(1)(d)

Regulation 19

these Regulations is no longer correct.

(4)The Minister may amend the registration

a group

purchasers by deleting the reference to one or more members where one or more

the members ceases to have the legal authority to act as a purchaser or ceases to have premises

the type referred to in paragraph

(1)(e)

Regulation 19

these Regulations, or if one or more

the members breaches the undertaking referred to in paragraph

(1)(f)

Regulation 19

these Regulations, or if one or more

the members repeatedly fails to comply with any other obligation under Council Regulation No. 3950/92 or Commission Regulation No. 536/93, or if the provisions

paragraph

(13)

this Regulation apply to one or more

the members, or if the statement referred to in paragraph

(1)(d)

Regulation 19

these Regulations is no longer correct with regard to one or more

the members.

(5)The Minister may amend the registration

a group

purchasers on an application in the form set out in the Seventeenth Schedule to these Regulations for the addition

one or more additional members to that group

purchasers provided the conditions

paragraph

(1)

Regulation 19

these Regulations have been complied with.

(6)The Minister may remove a joint purchaser from the Register if the members cease to have the legal authority to act as a purchaser, or if the members cease to have premises

the type referred to in Regulation 20 (e)

these Regulations, or if the members breach the undertaking referred to in Regulation 20 (f) or (g)

these Regulations, or if the members repeatedly fail to comply with any other obligation under Council Regulation No. 3950/92 or Commission Regulation No. 536/93, or if the provisions

paragraph

(13)

this Regulation apply to the members, or if they cease to be a joint purchaser.

(7)In the case

a joint purchaser consisting only

two members the Minister may remove the reference to the joint purchaser from the Register where one member ceases to have the legal authority to act as a purchaser, or if one member ceases to have premises

the type referred to in Regulation 20 (e)

these Regulations, or if one member breaches the undertaking referred to in Regulation 20 (f)

these Regulations, or if one member repeatedly fails to comply with any other obligation under Council Regulation No. 3950/92 or Commission Regulation No. 536/93, or if the provisions

paragraph

(13)

this Regulation apply to one member, or if the members cease to be a joint purchaser.

(8)The Minister may amend the registration

a joint purchaser by deleting the reference to a member from the register if the member ceases to have the legal authority to act as a purchaser, or if the member ceases to have premises

the type referred to in Regulation 20 (e)

these Regulations, or if the member breaches the undertaking referred to in Regulation 20 (f)

these Regulations, or if the member has repeatedly failed to comply with any other obligation under Council Regulation No. 3950/92 or Commission Regulation No. 536/93, or if the provisions

paragraph

(13)

this Regulation apply to the member, or if the member ceases to be a member

the joint purchaser.

(9)The Minister may amend the registration

a joint purchaser on an application in the form set out in the Eighteenth Schedule to these Regulations for the addition

one or more additional members to that joint purchaser provided the conditions

Regulation 20

these Regulations have been complied with.

(10)Whenever the Minister is considering whether to remove a sole purchaser from the Register he shall inform the purchaser in writing

that fact and the purchaser may make observations in writing to the Minister.

(11)Whenever the Minister is considering whether to remove a group

purchasers from the Register, or to amend the registration

a group

purchasers by deleting a member or members from, or adding a member or members to, the Register, he shall inform each member

that group and the designated person referred to in paragraph 1(d)

Regulation 19

these Regulations in writing

that fact and each member and that designated person may make observations in writing to the Minister.

(12)Whenever the Minister is considering whether to remove the reference to a joint purchaser from the Register, or to amend the registration

a joint purchaser by deleting a member or members from, or adding a member or members to, the Register, he shall inform each member

that joint purchaser in writing

that fact and each member

that joint purchaser may make observations in writing to the Minister.

(13)The registration

a purchaser in the Register may be deleted by the Minister where ( a ) in the previous milk quota year no milk was delivered to that purchaser, and ( b ) at the time

the decision

the Minister, no quota is attached to that purchaser, and ( c ) no valid Producer Transfer Notice Number II has been sent to that purchaser in accordance with Regulation 12

these Regulations and no corresponding valid Producer Transfer Notice Number I has been sent to an existing purchaser in accordance with Regulation 12

these Regulations.

(14)The Minister may, on the request

a registered sole purchaser, or

the members

a registered group

purchasers, or

the members

a registered joint purchaser, remove the reference to such purchaser from the register where he is satisfied that it is proper to do so.

(15)The Minister may, on the request

a member

a registered group

purchasers, or

a member

a registered joint purchaser, amend the registration

that purchaser by deleting the reference to that member where he is satisfied that it is proper to do so. 23 Access to Register. 23.

(1)The Minister shall publish in a National newspaper the name

each registered sole purchaser, registered group

purchasers including the name

each member

that group, and registered joint purchaser including the name

each member

that joint purchaser, within six months

the coming into operation

these Regulations and shall publish in a National newspaper a notice

any amendments thereto.

(2)The Register shall be open for inspection at all reasonable times. 24 Milk Deliveries to a Purchaser. 24.
(1)A producer who delivers milk to a purchaser who is not registered in the Register shall be guilty

an

fence.

(2)A purchaser to whom no milk quota is attached shall inform the Minister before the commencement

deliveries

milk to him.

(3)A purchaser who fails to comply with paragraph
(2)

this Regulation shall be guilty

an

fence. 25 Maintenance

Records — Milk Purchasers. 25. A purchaser who fails to comply with any

the obligations in Article 7.1 (c) or (d)

Commission Regulation No. 536/93 shall be guilty

an

fence. 26 Maintenance

Records — Direct Sales Producers. 26. A direct sales producer who fails to comply with any

the obligations in Article 7.1 (f)

Commission Regulation No. 536/93 shall be guilty

an

fence. 27 Recording

Milk Deliveries. 27.

(1)When milk or other milk products are collected at a holding by a purchaser or his agent, the purchaser or his agent shall record in writing, at the time

such collection at the holding, the date, the quantity

milk or other milk products supplied and the name and address

the producer supplying the milk or the number assigned by the purchaser to that producer where the Minister has been informed that such number has been so assigned.

(2)In the case

all other deliveries

milk or other milk products to a purchaser, the record provided for in paragraph

(1)

this Regulation shall be made by the purchaser or his agent at the time

delivery.

(3)All records provided for under paragraphs
(1)and
(2)

this Regulation shall be kept for a period

at least three years after the milk quota year in which the delivery concerned is made.

(4)A person who fails to comply with any

the provisions

this Regulation or who makes a record in purported compliance with this Regulation which is false or misleading in a material respect shall be guilty

an

fence. 28 Recording

Milk Intake. 28.

(1)A person who delivers or

fers for delivery to a purchaser with the intention that the delivery be recorded against his delivery quota in the records

that purchaser milk which has not been produced by him on a holding operated by him shall be guilty

an

fence.

(2)A producer who knowingly supplies to, or makes available to, a person milk for use by that person in the commission

an

fence under paragraph

(1)

this Regulation shall be guilty

an

fence.

(3)A purchaser who knowingly records against a person's milk quota in his records milk which has not been produced by that person shall be guilty

an

fence.

(4)A servant or agent

a purchaser who knowingly assists a person to commit an

fence under paragraph

(1)or paragraph
(2)

this Regulation shall be guilty

an

fence.

(5)A purchaser who knowingly records against a restricted quota which has been transferred under Regulation 4

these Regulations milk which has not been produced in accordance with Regulation 5

these Regulations shall be guilty

an

fence.

(6)A servant or agent

a purchaser who knowingly assists a person to commit an

fence under paragraph

(5)

this Regulation shall be guilty

an

fence. 29 Deduction

Levy by Milk Purchasers. 29.

(1)A purchaser may, where a producer making deliveries to him exceeds the milk quota attached to him, immediately deduct in respect

some or all

that excess an amount equal to the amount

the levy which might be payable by that producer from the sums owed to the producer for any milk delivered by him.

(2)All amounts deducted by the purchaser under paragraph
(1)

this Regulation shall be paid by the purchaser into a bank account kept by him for that purpose and no other monies shall be paid into that account and any interest earned on that account which may reasonably be attributed to an amount so deducted shall be paid to the producer.

(3)An amount deducted for the purposes

paragraph

(1)

this Regulation and paid into the account in accordance with paragraph

(2)

this Regulation may only be used in the discharge

the potential levy in respect

which it was deducted, or refunded to the producer.

(4)A purchaser who fails to recover from a producer all or any

the levy for which that producer is liable in accordance with the requirements

Article 2

Council Regulation No. 3950/92 and Article 3

Commission Regulation No. 536/93 shall be guilty

an

fence. 30 Recovery

Levy. 30. In any proceedings for the recovery

any amount due in respect

the levy or any interest or any penalty referred to in Regulation 13

these Regulations or in any prosecution for an

fence under these Regulations, a certificate purporting to be signed by an authorised

ficer and certifying that he has inspected the records

the Minister and the records

a particular purchaser or direct sales producer and that it appears from those records that the purchaser or producer is liable to pay to the Minister, in respect

the levy or in respect

such interest or penalty, an amount specified in the certificate and that such amount has not been recovered by the Minister shall, without proof

the signature

that person or that such person was, at the relevant time, an authorised

ficer, be evidence

the facts so certified. 31 Fat Content

Milk Deliveries. 31.

(1)Subject to paragraph
(6)

this Regulation, a purchaser shall determine or cause to be determined the fat content

samples taken from milk delivered to him by each producer at such intervals as may be required for the purposes

the method being used for such determination or at such intervals as may be specified in a notice sent by the Minister to all purchasers.

(2)A purchaser shall send to a producer within two months notice

any determination

the fat content

milk delivered by him.

(3)A purchaser shall retain and preserve a record

any tests and a record

all notifications made under paragraph

(2)

this Regulation for a period

three years from the end

the milk quota year in which the test is performed or the notification is made as the case may be.

(4)A person who fails to comply with any

the provisions

this Regulation shall be guilty

an

fence.

(5)An authorised

ficer may at all reasonable times enter any premises in which he has reasonable grounds for believing that a purchaser or his agent tests or stores samples for the purposes

this Regulation to examine the operation

anything on those premises which appears to be used for the purposes

such testing or storing.

(6)For the purposes

paragraph

(1)

this Regulation, the determination

fat content shall be made in accordance with the Gerber method as referred to in the publication

the Institute for Industrial Research and Standards entitled "Determination

the Percentage

Fat in Milk" (I.S. 66: 1955) or any other method specified by the Minister for the purposes

this Regulation in a notice sent to all purchasers. 32 Dormant Milk Quotas. 32.

(1)Every purchaser shall on, or before, the 15th day

May in each year give to the Minister in writing the name and address, and details

the quota,

every producer who has a quota attached to him, who did not make deliveries

milk to him during the previous milk quota year, and who, during that milk quota year did not make a temporary transfer

milk quota pursuant to a scheme for temporary transfers authorised by the Minister under Regulation 16

these Regulations.

(2)If a person who has a direct sales milk quota did not sell or

fer for sale any milk or milk products during a milk quota year and did not during that year make a temporary transfer

milk quota pursuant to a scheme for temporary transfers authorised by the Minister under Regulation 16

these Regulations, he shall, on or before, the 15th day

May next following that milk quota year notify the Minister in writing

those facts.

(3)In the case

a person referred to in paragraph

(1)or
(2)

this Regulation or in a case where a direct sales producer fails to send the declaration referred to in Article 4.2

Commission Regulation No. 536/93 before the 1st day

July in any year or in any other case where the Minister has reason to suspect that a producer who has a quota direct sales or a delivery has not marketed or delivered milk produced on his holding in a milk quota year, the Minister may, before the 31st day

July in the following milk quota year, or within three months as appropriate, serve a notice on the person stating that he is considering adding the milk quota

that person to the national reserve and informing him that if he wishes to make any observations he may do so within 30 days

the date

the service

the notice.

(4)The Minister shall notify the person concerned in writing whenever he makes an addition

his quota to the national reserve.

(5)Where a producer whose quota has been added to the national reserve under this Regulation resumes production

milk he shall be granted a quota no later than the 1st day

April following the date

his application, in accordance with the provisions

Article 5

Council Regulation No. 3950/92.

(6)Where a period

time referred to in paragraph

(7)

Regulation 7

these Regulations or in paragraph

(7)

Regulation 8

these Regulations or in paragraph

(6)

Regulation 9

these Regulations includes an entire milk quota year or nine months or a longer period

a milk quota year or where such a period

time expires in any milk quota year after the 31st day

October then the power

the Minister under paragraph

(4)

this Regulation shall not be exercisable on account

non-production in that milk quota year by the person entitled to a quota referred to in paragraph

(7)

Regulation 7

these Regulations or in paragraph

(7)

Regulation 8

these Regulations or in paragraph

(6)

Regulation 9

these Regulations in respect

such quota.

(7)Where a dispute about entitlement to a milk quota has been referred to arbitration in accordance with an arbitration agreement within the meaning

the Arbitration Act, 1954 , or is the subject

proceedings before a court and where the person who is entitled or would appear to be entitled to that milk quota does not deliver or sell milk in a milk quota year then, if the Minister is satisfied that the arbitration or proceedings in question are being prosecuted with reasonable speed, he shall not exercise his power under paragraph

(4)

this Regulation.

(8)Any person who fails to comply with paragraph
(1)or
(2)

this Regulation shall be guilty

an

fence. 33 Definitive Discontinuation

Milk Production. 33.

(1)Any producer who surrenders his milk quota entitlement pursuant to a scheme established for the purposes

the definitive discontinuation

milk production and who delivers or markets milk or milk products either to a purchaser or for direct consumption contrary to such a scheme shall be guilty

an

fence.

(2)A purchaser who takes delivery from a producer referred to in paragraph
(1)

this Regulation shall be guilty

an

fence. 34 Permanent Transfers

Direct Sales and Delivery Quotas. 34. Any application to the Minister pursuant to Article 4.2

Council Regulation No 3950/92 by a producer for an increase in, or the establishment

, a deliveries milk quota or a direct sales milk quota by means

a reduction in or cancellation

the milk quota held by the producer shall be made in writing to the Minister on or before the 31st day

October in the milk quota year in which he wishes that increase or establishment to commence. 35 Restructuring

Milk Quotas. 35.

(1)The Minister may determine in accordance with the 2nd indent

Article 8

Council Regulation No. 3950/92 the producers who may obtain, in return for payment, at the beginning

a milk quota year the reallocation by the Minister or by designated milk purchasers in a manner specified by the Minister

direct sales or delivery quotas surrendered at the end

the preceding milk quota year by other producers in return for compensation equal to the said payment and the conditions to be complied with by a producer to whom such a grant is to be made.

(2)A determination under paragraph
(1)

this Regulation shall be made by a notice containing such determination published in a National newspaper. 36 Appointment

Authorised

ficers. 36.

(1)The Minister may appoint such and so many

his

ficers as he sees fit to be authorised

ficers for the purposes

these Regulations.

(2)An authorised

ficer shall be issued with a warrant

appointment and shall, when exercising or seeking to exercise any power under these Regulations, if requested by the person affected, produce the warrant to that person and a form

personal identification.

(3)The Minister may at any time terminate the appointment

any authorised

ficer. 37 Authorised

ficers. 37.

(1)An authorised

ficer may do all or any

the following, namely,— ( a ) at all reasonable times enter and inspect any premises in which he has reasonable grounds for believing that any books, records or other documents (whether stored electronically or otherwise) relating to the production, delivery, processing or disposal

milk or milk products or to the payment

, or otherwise relating to, the levy, are kept, ( b ) require any person on such premises to produce such

the aforesaid books, records or other documents as the authorised

ficer may require for the purpose

the exercise

any

the powers conferred on him by these Regulations, ( c ) require any such person to give such information relating to the aforesaid books, records or other documents or to the production, delivery, processing or disposal

milk or milk products or to the payment

, or otherwise relating to, the levy, as the authorised

ficer may reasonably require, ( d ) inspect, copy and take extracts from any such records, books or documents, ( e ) require any person in possession

or in control

any data relating to the production, delivery, processing or disposal

milk or milk products or to the payment

, or otherwise relating to, the levy, to allow and, if necessary, assist him to— (

  1. i)process that data on any data equipment in that person's possession or control, or (
  2. ii)test or examine the operation

any such data equipment, (iii) extract any information constituting such data, (iv) obtain knowledge about the books, records and other documents referred to in this Regulation.

(2)A person who obstructs or interferes with an authorised

ficer or a person engaged by the Minister and referred to in paragraph

(4)

this Regulation when he is exercising a power conferred on him by these Regulations shall be guilty

an

fence.

(3)The books, records and other documents referred to in paragraph
(1)

this Regulation include books, records or other documents, whether stored electronically or otherwise, relating to any method

, or programme for, the conversion

information into data, the processing

data, or the use

data equipment.

(4)An authorised

ficer exercising his powers under this Regulation may be accompanied by a person engaged by the Minister under a contract for services to assist in such exercise and the authorised

ficer may require any person to do in relation to, or to allow to be done by, any person so engaged anything which he may require to be done in relation to, or to be allowed to be done by, himself.

(5)In this Regulation— "processing

data" means performing automatically logical or arithmetical operations on data and includes extracting any information constituting the data; "data" means information in a form in which it can be processed; "information" includes, unless the contrary intention appears, data and in paragraph

(1)

this Regulation includes information about any such method or programme or use referred to in paragraph

(3)

this Regulation. 38 Functions performed by Authorised

ficers. 38. The functions conferred on the Minister by Regulations 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 21, 22, 32 and 34

these Regulations may be performed by an authorised

ficer. 39 Certification

Outstanding Levy. 39. For the purposes

any proceedings under paragraph

(4)

Regulation 29

these Regulations a certificate purporting to be signed by an authorised

ficer and certifying that he has inspected the records

the Minister and

a particular purchaser and that it appears from those records that there was a failure by the purchaser concerned to recover, in respect

the levy, an amount specified in the certificate from a producer or producers so specified, shall, without proof

the signature

that person, or that such person was, at the relevant time, an authorised

ficer, be evidence

the facts so certified. 40 Submission

False Information — Direct Sellers. 40. A direct sales producer who fails to comply with Article 4.2

Commission Regulation No. 536/93 or to forward to the Minister in purported compliance with Article 4.2

that Regulation a declaration that is false or misleading in a material respect shall be guilty

an

fence. 41 Submission

Information. 41.

(1)The Minister may from time to time by notice sent to all or any

the following, namely, sole purchasers, registered groups

purchasers, registered joint purchasers, individual purchasers, request all or any information concerning all or any

the following: ( a ) the level

the quota

the purchaser whether in total or in relation to individual producers; ( b ) the operation

any scheme under Regulation 15

these Regulations; ( c ) the operation

any scheme under Regulation 16

these Regulations; ( d ) the operation

any scheme under Regulation 35

these Regulations; ( e ) details

transfers under Regulation 6

these Regulations; ( f ) details

deliveries

milk and fat content

milk on a monthly basis; ( g ) exports and imports

milk and milk products on a quarterly basis.

(2)A purchaser on whom a notice has been served under paragraph
(1)

this Regulation shall furnish to the Minister the information so requested within the time limit specified in that notice.

(3)A person who fails to furnish the Minister with the information requested within the time limit specified in a notice being served on him under paragraph
(1)

this Regulation shall be guilty

an

fence unless he establishes that there was a valid reason why he could not furnish the information. 42 Obligations, Liabilities and Penalties for Purchasers. 42.

(1)The obligations, liabilities, or penalties, the imposition

which are provided for or referred to in Regulations 13 and 14

these Regulations, shall, in the case

a registered joint purchaser, or a registered group

purchasers, be imposed on the members

such a registered joint purchaser or registered group

purchasers jointly and severally.

(2)Where an act or omission is an

fence contrary to Regulations 13, 14, 37 or 41

these Regulations, then, in the case

a registered joint purchaser or a registered group

purchasers, proceedings in respect

that

fence may be instituted against all or any

the members

such registered joint purchaser or registered group

purchasers and any such member or members may be dealt with in such proceedings notwithstanding any failure to institute proceedings against any other member. 43

fences by Corporate Bodies. 43. Where an

fence under any

these Regulations is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent, connivance

, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part

any person being a director, manager, secretary or other

ficer

that body, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, that person shall also be guilty

an

fence under that Regulation. 44

fences. 44. A person who is guilty

an

fence under Regulation 4

(8), 4
(9), 4
(10), 5
(2), 7
(5), 8
(5), 9
(14), 12
(11), 13
(4), 14
(2), 14
(3), 14
(4), 17
(2), 24
(1), 24
(3), 25, 26, 27
(4), 28
(1), 28
(2), 28
(3), 28
(4), 28
(5), 28
(6), 29
(4), 31
(4), 32
(8), 33
(1), 33
(2), 37
(2), 40, 41
(3)or 44

these Regulations shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1, 500, or to a period

imprisonment not exceeding 12 months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. 45 Transitional Measures. 45.

(1)Without prejudice to section 22

the Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38

1937), the European Communities (Milk Quota) Regulations, 1994, shall continue to apply in respect

contraventions

those Regulations which took place before the coming into operation

these Regulations.

(2)Notwithstanding the revocation

the European Communities (Milk Quota) Regulations, 1994, those Regulations shall apply to any applications made to the Minister and received by him before the coming into operation

these Regulations. 46 Revocation

the European Communities (Milk Quota) Regulations, 1994. 46.

(1)Without prejudice to the obligations imposed and undertakings entered into under the European Communities (Milk Quota) Regulations, 1994 the said Regulations are hereby revoked, save to the extent that they have ceased to have effect.
(2)Without prejudice to the generality

section 22

the Interpretation Act, 1937 , the revocation effected by paragraph

(1)

this Regulation shall not affect the operation

the said Regulations as regards cows milk produced on or before the 3rd day

October, 1995, and the imposition

any levy thereon. GIVEN under my

ficial Seal, this 4th day

October, 1995. IVAN YATES, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry. FIRST SCHEDULE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (MILK QUOTA) REGULATIONS, 1995 Delivery Milk Quota Transfer Form This form should be completed and signed by both the transferor (PART A) and the transferee (PART B) and sent to the milk purchaser to whom the milk quota is at present attached within two months

the date

transfer together with a copy

the instrument

transfer in accordance with the provisions

Regulation 6

the European Communities (Milk Quota) Regulations,

  1. PART A FOR COMPLETION BY TRANSFEREE
  2. DETAILS

LAND TRANSACTION I/We __________________________________________________________________________ (Name

Transferee in BLOCK CAPITALS) Address: _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________, my/our holding being in the Townland(s)

____________________________________, _______________________________________________________________________________ and in the DED

________________________________________________________________, Folio Number(s) _____________________________________ County _____________________, hereby notify the milk purchaser named below: Name

Milk Purchaser:___________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

the transfer on the _____ day

_____ (month) ______ (year) to me/us by way

: (√ as appropriate) □ purchase □ lease □ inheritance

land to which milk quota is attached. This land has been acquired from Name

Transferor: __________________________________________________________ (BLOCK CAPITALS) Address: _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________, and is situated in the Townland(s)

_________________________________________________ and in the DED

_______________________ , Folio Number ____________________________ County ________________________________. 2. DETAILS

AREA

LAND ACQUIRED The area

the land transferred to me on foot

the transaction referred to at 1 above is ___________________________________ hectares. This land is outlined in red on the attached map. 3. QUANTITY

MILK QUOTA TRANSFERRED (i) The total quantity

milk quota attaching to the acquired land is _______________________ litres ( ________________ gallons). (ii) The amount

quota transferred on foot

this transaction in respect

the milk quota year in which the transaction takes place will be based on either

the following circumstances: (√ the appropriate box) ( a ) □ Transaction is effective as and from the first day

the milk quota year. In this event, ALL the quota attaching to the above land may be transferred. OR ( b ) □ Transaction is effective from a date other than the first day

the milk quota year. In this event, the unused balance

the quota attaching to the above land in the current milk quota year is transferred. Unused Balance: ___________ litres (___________ gallons) PLEASE NOTE: In the case

a lease entered into on a date other than the first day

the milk quota year, the amount

the quota to transfer to the benefit

the transferee for that part

the milk quota year in which the lease is due to expire shall be calculated in accordance with procedures set down by the Minister. 4. Signature(s)

Transferee(s): _____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Date: ___________________________ PART B FOR COMPLETION BY TRANSFEROR I/We_____________________________________________________________________________ (Name

Transferor in BLOCK CAPITALS) Address: _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ being the transferor referred to in PART A above acknowledge that the statements made above relating to the transfer

land and milk quota are correct. Signature(s)

Transferor(s):_______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Date: ____________________________________________________________________________ SECOND SCHEDULE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (MILK QUOTA) REGULATIONS, 1995 Direct Sales Milk Quota Transfer Form This form should be completed and signed by both the transferor (PART A) and the transferee (PART B) and sent to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry within two months

the date

transfer together with a copy

the instrument

transfer in accordance with the provisions

Regulation 6

the European Communities (Milk Quota) Regulations,

  1. PART A FOR COMPLETION BY TRANSFEREE
  2. DETAILS

LAND TRANSACTION I/We ________________________________________________________________________ (Name

Transferee in BLOCK CAPITALS) Address:______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ , my/our holding being in the Townland(s)

____________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ , and in the DED

________________________________________________________________, Folio Number(s) _______________________ County ____________________________________, hereby notify the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry

the transfer on the _____ day

_____ (month) ______ (year) to me/us by way

: (√ as appropriate) □ purchase □ lease □ inheritance

land to which milk quota is attached. This land has been acquired from Name

Transferor: ______________________________________________________________ (BLOCK CAPITALS) Address: _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ and is situated in the Townland(s)

_________________________________________________ and in the DED

______________________ , Folio Number ____________________________ County _______________________________________. 2. DETAILS

AREA

LAND ACQUIRED The area

the land transferred to me on foot

the transaction referred to at

  1. above is ________________________________ hectares. This land is outlined in red on the attached map.
  2. QUANTITY

MILK QUOTA TRANSFERRED (i) The total quantity

milk quota attaching to the acquired land is _______________ litres ( _______________ gallons). (ii) The amount

quota transferred on foot

this transaction in respect

the milk quota year in which the transaction takes place will be based on either

the following circumstances: (√ the appropriate box) (a ) □ Transaction is effective as and from the first day

the milk quota year. In this event, ALL the quota attaching to the above land may be transferred. OR (b ) □ Transaction is effective from a date other than the first day

the milk quota year. In this event, the unused balance

the quota attaching to the above land in the current milk quota year is transferred. Unused Balance:________________ litres ( _____________ gallons) PLEASE NOTE: In the case

a lease entered into on a date other than the first day

the milk quota year, the amount

the quota to transfer to the benefit

the transferee for that part

the milk quota year in which the lease is due to expire shall be calculated in accordance with procedures set down by the Minister. 4. Signature(s)

Transferee(s): ________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Date: _________________________ PART B FOR COMPLETION BY TRANSFEROR I/We___________________________________________________________________________ (Name

Transferor in BLOCK CAPITALS) Address: _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ being the transferor referred to in PART A above acknowledge that the statements made above relating to the transfer

land and milk quota are correct. Signature(s)

Transferor(s): _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Date: __________________________________ THIRD SCHEDULE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (MILK QUOTA) REGULATIONS, 1995 APPLICATION FORM UNDER REGULATION 7

THE ABOVE REGULATIONS FOR A NUMBER I CERTIFICATE

RETENTION OR A NUMBER I CERTIFICATE

TRANSFER

MILK QUOTA, OR BOTH, ON THE TRANSFER

LANDS FOR A NON-AGRICULTURAL PURPOSE OR TO A PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR FOR USE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. THIS APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND FORESTRY BEFORE THE DATE

THE PROPOSED TRANSFER PART A FOR COMPLETION BY TRANSFEROR 1. APPLICATION FOR RETENTION AND/OR TRANSFER

QUOTA I/We __________________________________________________________________________ (Name(s)

Applicant(s) in BLOCK CAPITALS) Address: _______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ , my/our holding being in the Townland(s)

____________________________________________________________________________ and in the DED

______________________________________________________________ , Folio Number(

  1. s)_________________________ County ________________________________ hereby apply for: (√ as appropriate) (
  2. i)□ Number I Certificate

Retention AND/OR (ii) □ Number I Certificate

Transfer for the attachment

the milk quota

__________ litres ( _________ gallons) now attaching to: (√ as appropriate) all □ OR that part □

my holding containing ____________________________________________ hectares situated at ___________________________________________________________________________ , in the Townland(s)

____________________________________________ and in the DED

_________________________________ , Folio No. _________________________________ , County ______________________________________________ , outlined in red on the attached map, which land it is proposed to transfer on or after the ____________________________ day

_______________________ (month) __________________ (year) to: Name

Transferee: __________________________________________________________ (BLOCK CAPITALS) Address: ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ to: (√ as appropriate) (a) □ the remainder

my present holding specified at No. 4

this application; AND/OR (b) □ lands to be acquired by purchase, lease or inheritance. 2. UNDERTAKING I/We hereby undertake that it is my/our intention to continue in milk production. Note: in a case provided for in sub-paragraph (b)

Regulation 7

(2)

the European Communities (Milk Quota) Regulations, 1995 an undertaking that it is the applicant's intention to engage in milk production is sufficient. 3. DECLARATION

OWNERSHIP (

  1. i)I/We declare that the land which is to be transferred is owned by me/us in fee simple. See Note (
  2. a)below. (
  3. ii)I/We declare that the land to be transferred was so owned by me/us before the 1st day

April, 1994 or by the following person from whom I/we acquiried the land by way

inheritance: Name: ________________________________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ See Note (b) below. Notes: ( a ) A copy

the title documents should be attached including, where the land being transferred has been acquired by inheritance, a copy

the instrument

transfer and/or any other supporting documentation. ( b ) The declaration at (ii) above is not necessary in a case where a public authority possessing compulsory purchase powers has given formal notice

its intention to exercise those powers in respect

the lands to be transferred. Signature(s)

Applicant(s): ______________________________________________________ Date: _________________________ 4. DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED BY ALL APPLICANTS The following documents must be enclosed in support

this application: (i) a draft

the proposed instrument

transfer; (ii) a map or maps

the applicant's existing holding clearly indicating: ( a ) area to be transferred outlined in red; and, in the case

an application for a Number I Certificate

Retention, ( b ) area to which quota is to be attached outlined in green. 5. FOR COMPLETION ONLY BY APPLICANTS WHO ARE SEEKING A NUMBER 1 CERTIFICATE

RETENTION I/We request a Number I Certificate

Retention for the attachment

the quota

____ litres ( ____ gallons) to that part

my/our holding outlined in green on the attached map which comprises ____ hectares situated at __________________________________________________________________ in the Townland(s)

___________

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