Legislation – The Agricultural Commodities (Coronavirus)(Income Support) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2020

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Introduction

1 Citation and commencement

2 Interpretation

3 Application for an Income Support Payment

4 Eligibility for Payment

5 Income support for milk producers

6 Income support payments for cattle producers

7 Income support payment for sheep producers

8 Income support payment for potato producers

9 Level of financial assistance

10 Review of decision

11 Withholding and recovery of payment

12 Powers of authorised officers

Signature

Explanatory note

Income support for milk producers5.

(1)

The Department may make an income support payment, calculated in accordance with paragraph (2), to a milk producer who, during the period specified in that paragraph, produced milk for sale and either–

(a)

provides consent in writing to the Department to use information provided by the first purchaser to calculate the amount of income support payment under paragraph (2), subject to confirmation by the milk producer that the information provided by the first purchaser is accurate; or

(b)

if the first purchaser fails to provide the Department with the information necessary to calculate the amount of the income support payment under paragraph (2), provides the Department with details of their business ID, quantity of milk (expressed in litres) sold to the first purchaser, and the name of that first purchaser.

(2)

The amount of the income support payment is £0.0128 per litre of milk supplied to a first purchaser during the period beginning on 1st March 2020 and ending on 30th June 2020 (both dates inclusive), excluding any milk–

(a)

supplied on a fixed contract above £0.2668 per litre; or

(b)

not processed as it was certified by the first purchaser as unfit for human consumption.