{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farming-for-sustainability-innovation-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-2025/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farming-for-sustainability-innovation-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-2025/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2025/162",
  "legislation_title": "The Farming for Sustainability Innovation Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farming-for-sustainability-innovation-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-2025",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations–\n“applicant” means a farm business which has applied for a payment under these Regulations;\n“approved” means approved by the Department;\n“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;\n“farm business” means a farm business that holds a Category 1 or 2 farm business identification number registered with the Department;\n“hosting event” means an event having the prior approval of the Department, hosted by a farm business for the purpose of facilitating learning;\n“hosting payment” is a payment under regulation 3 to a farm business for the provision of facilities and support to facilitate learning;\n“innovation farm visit” means a visit to a farm business or other associated venue by a group of members or employees of farm businesses which has been organised and has the prior approval of the Department;\n“innovation visit outside Northern Ireland” means a visit to a farm business or other associated venue situated outside Northern Ireland which has been organised and has had prior approval;\n“meeting” means an event for the purpose of facilitating learning which can be held either at a farm business or at an pre-approved venue;\n“member of the farm business” means a member of a multi-member farm business must be registered with the Department on the list of members of that farm business.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 23.10.2025, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2025/162/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:25:07.967990+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."
}