# The Less Favoured Area Compensatory Allowances (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

S.R. 2015/248 · made 13 May 2015

These Regulations amend regulation 11 (3) of The Less Favoured Area Compensatory Allowances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 in relation to the interest on undue payments of less favoured area compensatory allowances recovered from a beneficiary by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. This interest is to be applied between the deadline for payment set in the recovery notice and the date of the recovery of the payments in question. The payment deadline must be 60 days after the date of the recovery notice.

Made under: European Communities Act 1972 (repealed) (Section 2)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/less-favoured-area-compensatory-allowances-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/pdf/nisr_20150248_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/less-favoured-area-compensatory-allowances-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/pdf/nisrem_20150248_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Agriculture
Made 13th May 2015
Coming into operation 4th June 2015
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is a department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union and in relation to matters relating to the promotion of rural development.
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act.

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as The Less Favoured Area Compensatory Allowances (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and shall come into operation on 4th June 2015.

## 2 Amendment to the Less Favoured Area Compensatory Allowances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

For Regulation 11 (3) of the Less Favoured Area Compensatory Allowances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 substitute
“(3) For the purposes of this regulation, interest shall be charged from the payment deadline as recorded in the recovery notice issued by the Department.
(3A) For the purposes of paragraph (3) the payment deadline shall be set at 60 days from the date of the recovery notice issued by the Department.”

## Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 13th May 2015
L.S.
Norman Fulton
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend regulation 11 (3) of The Less Favoured Area Compensatory Allowances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 in relation to the interest on undue payments of less favoured area compensatory allowances recovered from a beneficiary by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. This interest is to be applied between the deadline for payment set in the recovery notice and the date of the recovery of the payments in question. The payment deadline must be 60 days after the date of the recovery notice.

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