{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-hardship-payment-scheme-northern-ireland-2009/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-hardship-payment-scheme-northern-ireland-2009/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2009/60",
  "legislation_title": "The Agriculture (Hardship Payment) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-hardship-payment-scheme-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Scheme—\n“application” means an application for a hardship payment made in accordance with Article 5;\n“authorised officer” means a person authorised by the Department for the purposes of this Scheme;\n“eligible crop” means a crop referred to in Article 4(1);\n“crop establishment cost” means—\n(a) in the case of potatoes, £2,559 per hectare;\n(b) in the case of cereals, £931 per hectare; and\n(c) in the case of vegetables, £1,918 per hectare;\n“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;\n“eligible producer” means a producer who falls within Article 4; and\n“hardship payment” means a payment by the Department under and for the purposes of Article 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/60/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:33:10.765432+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."
}