Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “applicant” means an eligible farm business which has applied to a scheme;

• “approved agent” means an agent appointed by the Department to act on behalf of the applicant;

• F1“authorised person” means any person authorised by the Department to act under section 40(1) of the Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949 in matters relating to these Regulations;

• “CAFRE” means the Department’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise;

• “commercial horticulture business” means an eligible farm business linked to a unique taxpayer reference (UTR) number issued by HMRC which produces and sells one or more commercial horticulture products listed in Schedule 1;

• “the Department” means the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;

• “eligible farm business” means a farm business which has applied for the scheme and meets the eligibility criteria in either regulation 4, 5 or 6;

• “force majeure or exceptional circumstances” has the same meaning as in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No.1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy^f1;

• “growers training and support pilot scheme” means the scheme set up by the Department to provide to successful grower scheme applicants technical and non-technical training provided by CAFRE and support and funding to facilitate their 4-year grower Business Development Plans;

• “hosting event” means an event given prior approval of the Department hosted by an eligible farm business for the purposes of facilitating learning;

• “hosting payment” means a payment under regulation 4(3) to an eligible farm business for the provision of facilities and support to facilitate learning;

• “scheme” means the Horticulture Pilot Scheme which comprises grant support under—

  1. (a)

     the sustainable sector growth group pilot scheme;

  2. (b)

     the innovation driver and support pilot scheme; or

  3. (c)

     the growers training and support pilot scheme;

• “new group of businesses” means a group of up to twelve eligible farm businesses which has never worked together which have formed into a sustainable sector growth group;

• “protected crop” means a crop grown under protection in a structure within which the environment can be controlled;

• “scheme year” means a financial year; and

• “sustainable sector growth group” means a group of eligible farm businesses joining together under these Regulations to form a group to promote their sustainable farm business growth.

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f2 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an act of the Assembly.