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Farm Nutrient Management (Amendment) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2005

S.R. 2005/407 · Made 25 August 2005

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AGRICULTURE

Made 25th August 2005

Coming into operation 29th September 2005

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Developmentf1, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 16(1) and (2) of the Agriculture and Fisheries (Financial Assistance) (Northern Ireland) Order 1987f2 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, hereby makes the following Scheme:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Formerly the Department of Agriculture. See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(4)

f2

S.I. 1987/166 (N.I. 1)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to the Farm Nutrient Management Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2005
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

The Scheme may be cited as the Farm Nutrient Management (Amendment) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 29th September 2005.

2Amendment to the Farm Nutrient Management Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2005

(1)

The Farm Nutrient Management Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2005f1 shall be amended as follows:

(2)

In Article 3(1) (Payment and amount of grants), for the words “40 per cent” there shall be substituted “60 per cent”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 25th August 2005.

L.S.

D. Small

A senior officer of the

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Scheme.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 25th August 2005.

L.S.

Jack Layberry

A senior officer of the

Department of Finance and Personnel

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Scheme)

This Scheme amends the Farm Nutrient Management Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005 No. 5).

The rate of grant available is increased from 40 per cent to 60 per cent on the first £85,000 of eligible expenditure incurred by an agricultural business for this purpose.