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These Regulations may be cited as the Deseasonalisation Premium (Protection of Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1999.
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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 1999 to 12th June 1999 (both dates inclusive).”.
(3) In regulation 3 (application for premium payments)–
(a) the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (2)–“
(2) Applications under paragraph (1) shall be lodged with the Department during the period 5th April to 12th September 1999 (both dates inclusive).”; and
(b) the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (3)–“
(3) A producer may lodge up to two applications.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on
Evelyn Cummins
Assistant Secretary
17th December 1998.