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These Regulations may be cited as the Deseasonalisation Premium (Protection of Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1998.
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(1) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Deseasonalisation Premium (Protection of Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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(1) The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 2(2) for the definition of “animal” there shall be substituted the following—“
 “animal” means a castrated male animal of the bovine species which is slaughtered during the period 1st January 1998 to 10th June 1998 (both dates inclusive)”.
(3) The following paragraph shall be substituted for regulation 3(2) (application for premium payments)—“
(2) An application under paragraph (1) shall be lodged with the Department during the period 1st July 1998 to 12th September 1998 (both dates inclusive)”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on
Evelyn Cummins
Assistant Secretary
2nd December 1997.