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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-single-payment-and-support-schemes-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2010/161",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-single-payment-and-support-schemes-regulations-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make provision in Northern Ireland for the administration of Council Regulation (EC) No. 73/2009 (O.J. No. L 30, 31.01.2009, p 16), and other associated Community instruments in relation to direct support schemes under the Common Agricultural Policy.\nRegulation 3 defines Northern Ireland as a region for the purposes of these Regulations.\nRegulation 4 prescribes the minimum size of a holding in respect of which the establishment of entitlements may be requested.\nRegulation 5 sets the minimum claim size.\nRegulation 6 fixes the date on which parcels used to claim under the Single Payment Scheme must be at the disposal of farmers.\nRegulation 7 provides that the transfer of payment entitlements must be communicated by the transferor to the relevant competent authority within the time limits specified.\nRegulation 8 specifies the additional modulation deductions which will be made from direct payments payable to farmers.\nRegulation 9 revokes the Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2005 and its amendments. It also revokes the Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment Scheme (Set-aside) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2005 and its amendments. Those Regulations will continue to apply for certain purposes to single payment applications made before the coming into force of this Regulation.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (30.4.2015) by The Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/191), reg. 22(1) (with reg. 22(2))"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/161/note",
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  "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."
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