Under the 1998 cattle headage-beef cow schemes, friesian cows and other non-beef breeds are no longer eligible for the high rate of £84-£75 per cow. While non-beef breed cows are however eligible for the low rate of cattle headage grant which is £40-£33 per cow in the more severely handicapped areas, they are not eligible for any grant under the 1998 beef cow scheme in the less severely handicapped areas.
The person named applied on 24 cows under the 1998 beef cow scheme. At an inspection carried out on 6 August 1998, 23 cows were found to be non-beef breeds and consequently are ineligible for any grant under that scheme. In accordance with clause 6 of the terms and conditions governing the 1998 beef cow scheme, which defines a "beef cow" as a cow which belongs to a meat breed or is born of a cross with a meat breed, and clause 29 of the terms and conditions which states that a producer who is deemed to have made a false declaration in his application through serious negligence will be excluded from the 1998 beef cow scheme, no grants are payable to the person named.