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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-basic-payment-and-support-schemes-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-20",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/191",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-basic-payment-and-support-schemes-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Environmentally sensitive permanent grassland",
  "text": "(1) Permanent grasslands in areas to which the Conservation Directives apply are designated as permanent grasslands which are environmentally sensitive for the purposes of and in the areas referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 45(1) of the Direct Payments Regulation as it had effect immediately before exit day.\n(2) In paragraph (1)—\n“the Conservation Directives” means—\n(a)Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora as amended from time to time ; and\n(b)Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of wild birds as amended from time to time ;",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 20(1) substituted (24.2.2020) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments to Farmers) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/22), regs. 1(1), 2(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(2) inserted (6.3.2019) by The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/11), regs. 1(1), 6(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 206, 22.7.1992 p.7"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 20, 26.1.2010, p.7. This instrument codifies, with minor amendments, Council Directive 1979/409/EEC as amended."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/191/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:02:05.054345+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."
}