{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-3/paragraph-3.json",
  "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/3/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Adjustment or annulment of contracts relating to the provision of specified raw materials grown on set-aside land",
  "text": "(1) A farmer shall not adjust or annul any contract relating to set-aside land concerned, submitted to the Department in accordance with Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation 1586/97, pursuant to Article 5(2) of that Regulation, unless he has notified the Department of the proposed adjustment or annulment, and the collector or processor with whom the contract was made has similarly notified the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce at least 10 working days before such adjustment or annulment takes effect.\n(2) Where as a result of such adjustment or annulment any land set aside for the provision of specified raw materials is no longer to be used for such provision, the farmer shall—\n(a) dispose of any crop remaining on the land by a method which the Department is satisfied will result in its destruction; and\n(b) subject to sub-paragraph (3), be subject to the requirements of Schedule 2.\n(3) The Department may grant the farmer an exemption from any requirement of Schedule 2 where it considers that the imposition of such a requirement would be unreasonable having regard to the date on which the contract was adjusted or annulled in accordance with sub-paragraph (1).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 3 in operation at 12.12.1997, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
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      "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": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/1998/308",
      "affecting_title": "Arable Area Payments (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/477/schedule/3/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}