# The Rural Development Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, Regulation 3: Assistance for rural development

Extent: N.I.

(1) The Department may pay financial assistance to a beneficiary towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred by him in connection with any approved operation.
(2) Where, as a direct result of carrying out any operation, a farmer forgoes income that would otherwise have accrued to him from the carrying out of agricultural activity, then in relation to that operation “expenditure incurred” includes such income foregone.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/326/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rural-development-programme-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-3
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