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The Suckler Cow Premium (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

S.R. 1996/229 · Made 7 June 1996

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AGRICULTURE

Made 7th June 1996

Coming into operation 1st July 1996

The Department of Agriculture being a Department designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by the said section 2(2) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1972/1811

f2

1972 c. 68; section 2 is subject to Schedule 2 to that Act and is to be read with S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3), S.R. (N.I.) 1984 No. 253

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Amendment
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Suckler Cow Premium (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 1st July 1996.

2Interpretation

(1)

In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means The Suckler Cow Premium Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993f1; and

(2)

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

3Amendment

In paragraph (1) of regulation 3 (applications) of the principal Regulations substitute “6th December” for “8th December”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on .

L.S.

L. Sinclair

Assistant Secretary

7th June 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

1

These Regulations make a minor amendment to the Suckler Cow Premium Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (S.R. No. 280 as amended by S.R. 1994 No. 211 and S.R. 1995 No. 246).

2

The amendment is that there is substituted a revised closing date for Suckler Cow premium applications (6th December) for the existing one (8th December).

3

The legal base for the payment of suckler cow premium continues to be Article 4d of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 805/68 (O.J. No. L.148, 28.6.68 p. 24) (O.J./S.E. 1968, Vol. 1, p. 187). Article 4d was inserted by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2066/92 (O.J. No. L.215, 30.7.92, p. 49).