{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-genetics-genotyping-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2026/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-genetics-genotyping-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2026/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2026/14",
  "legislation_title": "The Bovine Genetics Genotyping Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-genetics-genotyping-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations establish the Bovine Genetics Genotyping Scheme. The Scheme provides for payments to be made by the Department to eligible farm businesses to subsidise the cost of genotyping eligible bovines within their herds.\nThe Scheme—\nspecifies the payments available (regulation 3);\nspecifies the eligibility criteria for animals and farm businesses (regulations 4, 5 and 6);\nspecifies procedures for inadequate samples and tampering (regulations 7 and 8);\nspecifies the use of NIFAIS information (regulation 9);\nprovides the powers for withholding and recovery of overpayments (regulation 10);\nprovides for the powers of authorised persons (regulations 11);\nspecifies amendment of Regulation (EU) No1306/2013 (regulation 12);\nand\nspecifies eligible bovine breeds (Schedule).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2026/14/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:24:30.495027+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."
}