UK Offence Report

The Single Common Market Organisation (Emergency Aid for Milk Producers) Regulations 2015

UK Statutory Instrument 2015 No. 1896 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
10 November 2015
In force from
16 November 2015
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.

These Regulations make provision for the implementation of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1853 providing for temporary exceptional aid to farmers in the livestock sectors (OJ No L 271, 16.10.2015, p 25). Regulation 3 requires the Secretary of State to make payments to milk producers based on the amount of milk and milk equivalents they produced in the 2014-2015 milk quota year. Regulation 4 requires the Secretary of State to make an additional payment to milk producers in Northern Ireland. Regulation 5 prevents the Secretary of State paying out amounts less than €108.33. Regulation 6 provides that any overpayments due from a beneficiary are recoverable as a debt and regulation 7 provides for the rate of interest on that repayment. Regulation 8 allows for any overpayments to be set off against any direct payment or rural development payment due to a farmer. Regulations 9 and 10 provide powers of entry and inspection and regulation 11 creates offences and penalties. An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

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