{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farming-for-the-generations-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2024/regulation-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farming-for-the-generations-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2024/regulation-11.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2024/16",
  "legislation_title": "The Farming for the Generations Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farming-for-the-generations-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2024",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Withholding and recovery of payment",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where, having approved an application for payment it appears to the Department that—\n(a) the applicant was not eligible to make the application;\n(b) the applicant knowingly or recklessly provided false or misleading information or any document which is false or misleading in a material particular in relation to the application;\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the Department may—\n(a) revoke the approval of the application; and\n(b) where payment has already been made, recover on demand from the applicant an amount equal to the whole or any part of the payment—\n(i) as a civil debt; or\n(ii) by way of offsetting against any sum otherwise payable to the applicant by the Department.\n(3) Before exercising the power under paragraph (2), the Department must by a withdrawal or recovery notice, as is appropriate—\n(a) give the applicant a written explanation of the reasons for the proposed action;\n(b) afford the applicant the opportunity to make written representations with a reasonable time specified by the Department; and\n(c) consider representations made by or on behalf of the applicant within a reasonable time period.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 11(1)(c) omitted (6.3.2024) by virtue of The Farming for the Generations Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/31), regs. 1, 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 11 in operation at 1.3.2024, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2024/16/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:29:44.768017+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."
}