# Biomass Processing Challenge Fund Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.

(1) In these Regulations—
“application” in relation to any expenditure means an application in relation to any expenditure under regulation 4;
“approved” means approved by the Department in accordance with regulation 5;
“authorised person” means any person authorised by the Department, either generally or specifically, for the purposes of these Regulations and includes any official of the Commission who accompanies such an authorised person;
“beneficiary” means—
(a)a person who has applied for or been granted an approval;
(b)in relation to any time after financial support has been paid in connection with the approval, the person for whom the assistance has been paid; and
(c)any person who has undertaken to assume the conditions of an approval in place of a previous beneficiary;
“Community assistance” means the assistance from the European Regional Development Fund for projects under Priority 3;
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“Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;
“EU legislation” means the provisions set out in the Schedule;
“operation” means a project or a group of projects intended to be implemented by one or more beneficiary to achieve or assist in the achievement of the goals of Priority 3;
“Operational Programme” means the operational programme approved by Commission Decision of 30th October 2007 adopting the operational programme for Community assistance from the European Regional Development Fund under the Regional Competitiveness and Employment objective in the region of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom;
“Priority 3” means Priority 3 under the Operational Programme;
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(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/217/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/biomass-processing-challenge-fund-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/regulation-2
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