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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Sheep Annual Premium (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 8th December 1999.
(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 19th January in that marketing year (both dates inclusive) or if 19th 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 17th November 1999.
Evelyn Cummins
Assistant Secretary
