# Agricultural Processing and Marketing Grant Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations, which come into operation on 24th June 1996, supplement as respects Northern Ireland Council Regulation (EEC) No. 866/90 (O.J. No. L91, 6.4.90, p. 1) as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 3669/93 (O.J. No. L338, 31.12.93, p. 26), which respectively contain measures for improving the processing and marketing conditions of agricultural products.
The Council Regulation empowers the Commission to grant aid from the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (“the Guidance Fund”) towards investments or projects which fulfil its objectives and towards which the Member States on the territory of which the investments or projects are to be located make a financial contribution.
These Regulations—
(a) empower the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland (“the Department”) to make grants towards expenditure in respect of investments or projects approved for the payment of aid from the Guidance Fund of amounts sufficient to enable those investments or projects to qualify for that aid (regulation 3);
(b) lay down procedures for approval of expenditure for the purposes of Community aid and of a grant, and for the payment of such Community aid or grant (regulation 4);
(c) confer on applicants a duty to retain and produce records of expenditure (regulation 5);
(d) confer on authorised officers of the Department powers to enter upon land and to require the production of documents (regulation 6);
(e) create an offence in respect of false statements made to obtain Community aid or grant (regulation 7); and
(f) specify circumstances in which approval of expenditure may be revoked and Community aid or grant may be recovered (regulation 8).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/196/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-processing-and-marketing-grant-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/note
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