{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-hardship-payment-scheme-northern-ireland-2013/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-hardship-payment-scheme-northern-ireland-2013/section-2.json",
  "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": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) 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“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;\n“eligible producer” means a producer who falls within Article 4;\n“hardship payment” means a payment by the Department under and for the purposes of Article 3;\n“livestock” means any sheep, cattle, goats, or poultry kept for the production of food, wool or skin and “animal” shall be construed accordingly.\n(2) For the purposes of this Scheme a person’s economic loss in respect of each animal shall be—\n(a) in the case of any sheep under 12 months, £30 per animal;\n(b) in the case of any sheep of 12 months or more, £110 per animal;\n(c) in the case of any dairy cattle under 3 months, £45 per animal;\n(d) in the case of any beef cattle under 3 months, £200 per animal;\n(e) in the case of any dairy or beef cattle of 3 months or more, but under 6 months, £380 per animal;\n(f) in the case of any dairy or beef cattle of 6 months or more, but under 12 months, £700 per animal;\n(g) in the case of any dairy or beef cattle of 12 months or more, but under 18 months with no progeny, £880 per animal;\n(h) in the case of any dairy or beef cattle of 18 months or more, but under 48 months with no progeny, £1,140 per animal;\n(i) in the case of any dairy or beef cattle of 48 months or more with no progeny, £740 per animal;\n(j) in the case of any dairy cattle of 12 months or more, but under 48 months with progeny, £1,290 per animal;\n(k) in the case of any beef cattle of 12 months or more, but under 96 months with progeny, £900 per animal;\n(l) in the case of any dairy cattle of 48 months or more with progeny, £740 per animal;\n(m) in the case of any beef cattle of 96 months or more with progeny, £740 per animal;\n(n) in the case of any goats under 12 months, £30 per animal;\n(o) in the case of any goats of 12 months or more, £110 per animal; and\n(p) in the case of any poultry £2.50 per animal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/144/section/2",
    "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."
}