Regulation 3 InterpretationI1

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f1 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

In these Regulations—

• “agrimonetary compensation” means a payment made pursuant to Articles 4 or 5 of the Agrimonetary Regulation by way of supplement to a payment (“the principal payment”) made pursuant to a support scheme;

• “the Agrimonetary Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2799/98 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro^f2;

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• “the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1259/1999^f3 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy of the European Community F2, as last amended by the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded;

• “Council Regulation 3508/92” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3508/92 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes^f4 F3, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 495/2001;

• “farmer” has the meaning given to it by F4Article 1(3) of Council Regulation 3508/92;

• “holding” has the meaning given to it by Article 1(3) of Council Regulation 3508/92;

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• “the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;

• “the relevant amount” means any amount which, if regulation 4 did not apply, would be payable by the Department F6... pursuant to the support scheme in question;

• “relevant competent authority” means the authority which is the relevant competent authority within the meaning of the Integrated Administration and Control System Regulations 1993^f5;

• “relevant purposes” means the purposes of any payment made pursuant to any measure which implements any provision of F7Articles 13 to 20, Articles 22 to 24 or Article 31 of the Rural Development Regulation;

• “relevant scheme year” means the scheme year beginning in 2001 or in any subsequent year up to and including 2006;

• “the Rural Development Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1257/1999^f6 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations F8, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 583/2004;

• “scheme year” means the twelve months in respect of which payments are made pursuant to the support scheme in question; and

• F9“support scheme” means any support scheme falling within Annex I to the Council Regulation.

For the purposes of these Regulations, a payment is made pursuant to a support scheme if—