18Working out amount of quota entitlements—new entrants

18 Working out amount of quota entitlements—new entrants

(1) If an exporter who is a new entrant in relation to a quota year is eligible for the allocation of non‑standard quota entitlement for the quota year under section 15, the Secretary must use the following rules to work out the exporter’s non‑standard quota entitlement for the quota year: (a) if the exporter’s request amount for the quota year is 12 tonnes or less—the exporter’s non‑standard quota entitlement for the quota year is that request amount; (b) if: (i) the exporter’s request amount for the quota year is more than 12 tonnes; and (ii) the yearly average of the exporter’s recorded shipments of high quality beef to the EU, for each quota year in the previous 2 quota years that the exporter has shipped high quality beef to the EU, is less than that request amount; the exporter’s non‑standard quota entitlement for the quota year is 12 tonnes; (c) if: (i) the exporter’s request amount for the quota year is more than 12 tonnes; and (ii) the yearly average of the exporter’s recorded shipments of high quality beef to the EU, for each quota year in the previous 2 quota years that the exporter has shipped high quality beef to the EU, is at least that request amount; the exporter’s non‑standard quota entitlement for the quota year is the lower of that request amount and 36 tonnes. (2) However, if the total amount of non‑standard quota entitlements for a quota year allocated to new entrants under subsection (1) would exceed 500 tonnes, the Secretary must reduce the non‑standard quota entitlement allocated to each new entrant proportionally so that the total amount for the quota year does not exceed 500 tonnes.