{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-hardship-payment-scheme-northern-ireland-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2013/144",
  "legislation_title": "The Agriculture (Hardship Payment) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-hardship-payment-scheme-northern-ireland-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Agriculture\nMade 22nd May 2013\nComing into operation 24th May 2013\nThe Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development makes the following Scheme in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and 2 of the Agriculture (Temporary Assistance) Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 and with the approval of the Minister for Finance and Personnel.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1), Article 3(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1954 c. 31 (N.I.); the Act was amended by Article 7 of S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/144/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:10:42.132945+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."
}