
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Sheep Annual Premium (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 8th December 1998.
(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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For paragraph (2) of regulation 3 (application for a premium) of the Sheep Annual Premium Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 there shall be substituted–“
(2) A producer who applies for a premium in respect of a given marketing year shall deliver his application to the competent authority–
(a) on or after 8th December in the preceding calendar year; and
(b) not later than 8th January in that marketing year (both dates inclusive) or if 8th January is a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday the next following working day.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on
Evelyn Cummins
Assistant Secretary
10th December 1998