{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-carbon-reduction-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-carbon-reduction-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2023/212",
  "legislation_title": "The Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-carbon-reduction-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2023",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations establish the Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme. The Scheme provides for payments to be made by the Department to eligible farm businesses in relation to the slaughter of bulls, heifers and steers which meet the eligible animal requirements.\nThe Scheme—\nspecifies the payments available (regulation 3);\nspecifies the eligibility criteria for animals and farm businesses (regulations 4 and 5);\nspecifies the provision of information (regulation 6);\nspecifies the Scheme payment (regulation 7);\nprovides the powers for withholding and recovery of overpayments (regulation 8);\nprovides for the powers of authorised persons (regulations 9);\nspecifies the assistance to authorised persons (regulation 10); and\nprovides for the offences and penalties (regulation 11).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2023/212/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:30:04.997069+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."
}