Introductory text
Northern Ireland
Agriculture
Made 4th February 2026
Coming into operation 1st September 2026
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairsf1 makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9(1) of the Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949f2, Articles 52(9) and 70(4) of Regulation (EU) No1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013f3 and section 48 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to the Agriculture Act 2020f4.
These Regulations are made with the approval of the Department of Financef5 under section 9(1) of the Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949.
Annotations
Footnotes
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The Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland became the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland by the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 c.36 section 40 and Schedule 5 paragraph 8(1); Renamed as the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1) Article 3(4) and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs by the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c.5 (N.I.) section 1(2)
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The “Ministry of Finance” is now the “Department of Finance”; see section 1(4) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c.5 (N.I.)