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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-commodities-coronavirusincome-support-scheme-northern-ireland-2020/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-commodities-coronavirusincome-support-scheme-northern-ireland-2020/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2020/191",
  "legislation_title": "The Agricultural Commodities (Coronavirus)(Income Support) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-commodities-coronavirusincome-support-scheme-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Scheme–\n“APHIS” means the Animal and Public Health Information System operated by the Department;\n“applicant” except in relation to an application for review under Article 10 means a cattle, milk, potato or sheep producer who makes an application;\n“application” means an application for an income support payment made in accordance with Article 3(4);\n“business ID” means a number issued by the Department to a cattle, milk or sheep producer and which identifies that producer on APHIS;\n“cattle producer” means a person with a business ID who raises cattle for sale as beef and/or beef products;\n“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;\n“first purchaser” means a person other than a milk producer who purchases milk from a milk producer for processing;\n“income support payment” means a payment made under Article 4;\n“milk producer” means a person with a business ID who produces milk from cattle for the purposes of sale to a first purchaser;\n“potato producer” means a person with a business ID who produces potatoes for sale as potatoes or potato products;\n“sheep producer” means a person with a business ID who raises sheep for sale as sheepmeat or sheepmeat products;\n“slaughter” means slaughter or export for slaughter at a slaughterhouse as defined at point 1.16 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin and approved or conditionally approved under Article 4 of that Regulation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. L139, 30.04.2004"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/191/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:42:44.838124+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}