{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rural-development-financial-assistance-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rural-development-financial-assistance-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2008/380",
  "legislation_title": "Rural Development (Financial Assistance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rural-development-financial-assistance-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE\nMade 11th September 2008\nComing into operation 15th October 2008\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 as regards measures relating to the operation of the Structural Funds and matters relating to the promotion of rural development.\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred on it by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (with savings) (5.10.2015) by The Rural Development Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/326), regs. 1, 22, Sch. 2 (with reg. 2(3)(b))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/2788 and S.I. 2000/3238"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/380/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:34:49.150498+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."
}