Payment rights

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The Dairy Structural Adjustment Program provides for three types of payment rights.
Dairy producers qualified for a standard payment right if they could demonstrate that they had an interest at 6.30pm on 28 September 1999 in a dairy farm enterprise, and delivered milk during 1998-99. They were also required to provide certification from an independent, qualified financial adviser that they had carried out a farm business assessment.

Exceptional events payment rights were granted to eligible producers who suffered
a loss in production of more than 30 per cent in 1998-99 as a direct result of a natural exceptional event. Exceptional events included storm, flood and drought, and disease
suffered by livestock.

Further, it was recognised there would be some producers in dairying in 1998-99 who
did not, strictly speaking, meet the eligibility criteria because of sale or purchase transactions relating to their dairy farm in the period between 30 June 1999 and 28 September 1999. These producers could apply for an anomalous circumstances payment right.

Exceptional events and anomalous circumstances payment rights were granted at the discretion of the Dairy Adjustment Authority.

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