Commentary on Sections Overview Overview Section 125: Five year gap in which no production herd kept
518.This section deals with the case where there is a period of at least five years when the farmer does not keep a production herd of the particular class for which he or she has made a herd basis election. It is based on paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to ICTA.
519.Subsection (2) explains the consequences for the herd basis rules if the farmer starts to keep another production herd of the same class after the end of the five year period. See Change 36 in Annex 1.