{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/suckler-cow-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2025/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/suckler-cow-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2025/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2025/41",
  "legislation_title": "The Suckler Cow Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/suckler-cow-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2025",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations establish the Suckler Cow Scheme. The Scheme provides for payments to be made by the Department to eligible farm businesses in relation to age at first calving and calving intervals, which meet the eligible animal requirements.\nThe Scheme—\nspecifies the payments available (regulation 3 and 7);\nspecifies the eligibility criteria for animals and farm businesses (regulations 4 and 5);\nspecifies the use of NIFAIS information (regulation 6);\nprovides the powers for withholding and recovery of overpayments (regulation 8);\nprovides for the powers of authorised persons (regulation 9);\nspecifies the assistance to authorised persons (regulation 10);\nprovides for the offences and penalties (regulation 11); and\nspecifies eligible beef breeds (Schedule).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2025/41/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:26:37.258488+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."
}