Cap. 447 Art. 14Payment of compensation.

(1) The Director shall authorise the payment, out of the operational fund, of the withdrawal compensation, which shall be fixed in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed under article 19, to producer organisations or interbranch associations which have withdrawn products from the market in accordance with the provisions of this Act or any regulations made thereunder.

(2) The Director may, in such circumstances as he may deem appropriate, authorise the payment of the withdrawal compensation even where the amount of products withdrawn from the market exceeds the limit, which may have been set by the Director at the beginning of the year, to prevent imbalances in withdrawals of products from the market for the payment of withdrawal compensation.

(3) Where producer organisations and interbranch associations are unable to direct withdrawn products to one of the destinations referred to in article 15, the withdrawal compensation shall be granted only if the products are disposed of in accordance with such instructions as the Director may give.