{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-direct-payments-to-farmers-simplifications-regulations-northern-ireland-2022/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-direct-payments-to-farmers-simplifications-regulations-northern-ireland-2022/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nidsr/2022/9780338017543",
  "legislation_title": "The Direct Payments to Farmers (Simplifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-direct-payments-to-farmers-simplifications-regulations-northern-ireland-2022",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Direct Payments Regulation",
  "text": "(1) The Direct Payments Regulation is amended as follows.\n(2) In Article 50, in paragraph 5, after the second subparagraph insert —\n“Notwithstanding a change in the head of holding, a farmer as defined in Article 4(1)(a) shall not receive the payment for young farmers for a total period greater than 5 years.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2022/9780338017543/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:40:20.573522+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."
}