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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-direct-payments-to-farmers-simplifications-regulations-northern-ireland-2021/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nidsr/2021/9780338015396",
  "legislation_title": "The Direct Payments to Farmers (Simplifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-direct-payments-to-farmers-simplifications-regulations-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Direct Payments Implementing Regulation” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 641/2014 of 16 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of the Direct Payments Regulation;\n“the Direct Payments Regulation” means Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "EUR 2014/641, as amended by S.I. 2020/91."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "EUR 2013/1307, as amended by S.I. 2020/91 576 and 760 and by section 5 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (c. 2). This Regulation was incorporated into domestic law by section 1 of that Act."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2021/9780338015396/regulation/2",
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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."
}