UK Offence Report

The Non-Marketing of Milk and Milk Products and the Dairy Herd Conversion Premiums Regulations 1977

UK Statutory Instrument 1977 No. 1304 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
27 July 1977
In force from
26 August 1977
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Agriculture, plant health, food production and rural affairs
Made under
European Communities Act 1972

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Under Regulation (EEC) No. 1078/77 of the Council of Ministers of the European Communities dated 17th May 1977, as supplemented by Regulation (EEC) No. 1307/77 of the Commission dated 15th June 1977 the details of two schemes are laid down. The purpose of one of these schemes is to encourage farmers at present engaged in producing and supplying milk or milk products to cease from supplying these commodities, and the other is to encourage farmers to change from the production of milk and milk products to the production of meat. The present Regulations make provision for those matters which are left to Member States by the schemes and which are necessary for their proper implementation in the United Kingdom. They accordingly appoint the “competent authority” which will be responsible for administering the schemes in the various parts of the United Kingdom, and provide for powers of entry on to land by authorised officers acting on behalf of the competent authority for the purposes of marking, registering, inspecting and counting animals, verifying and registering the area farmed by the applicant and of examining relevant documents. The Regulations give to the competent authority power to recover premiums paid in certain circumstances, and they also create a number of offences which are punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding £400.

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