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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/477",
  "legislation_title": "Arable Area Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purposes of this Schedule—\n(a) a farmer has “relevant tenure” of agricultural land where he has entered into a tenancy or was granted a licence in respect of it or where he farms that land under a sharefarming agreement;\n(b) “specified period” means the set-aside period and the period of two years prior to its commencement.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 2 in operation at 12.12.1997, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
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      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1997/477",
      "affecting_title": "Arable Area Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997"
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    {
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      "affecting": "nisr/1997/477",
      "affecting_title": "Arable Area Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "deleted",
      "affecting": "nisr/1999/120",
      "affecting_title": "Arable Area Payments (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/477/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:26:28.346784+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."
}