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These Regulations may be cited as the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 11th March 1999.
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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 Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.
(2) In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (Interpretation)—
(a) the definition of “Regulation 3320/94” shall be revoked; and
(b) after the definition of “Council Regulation 3813/92” there shall be inserted the following definition—“
 “Council Regulation 1103/97” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1103/97 on certain provisions relating to the introduction of the EURO;”.
(3) In paragraph (4) of regulation 2 there shall be substituted for the phrase “these Regulations” the second time it occurs the following—“
 the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1999”.
(4) In paragraph (1A) of regulation 3 (compensatory allowances for breedings cows and ewes)—
(a) there shall be substituted for “the 1998 Scheme year” the phrase “the 1999 Scheme year”;
(b) in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b)(i), for “£47.50” there shall be substituted “£73.39”;
(c) in sub-paragraph (b)(i), for “£88.70” there shall be substituted “£102.75”; and
(d) in sub paragraphs (b)(ii) and (c), for “£23.75” there shall be substituted “£36.69”.
(5) In paragraph (1B) of regulation 3—
(a) there shall be substituted for “the 1998 Scheme year” the phrase “the 1999 Scheme year”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (a), for “£5.75” there shall be substituted “£8.88”;
(c) in sub-paragraphs (b)(i) and (b)(ii)(aa), for “£3.00” there shall be substituted “£4.64”;
(d) in sub-paragraph (b)(ii)(aa), for “£88.70” there shall be substituted “£102.75”; and
(e) in sub-paragraphs (b)(ii)(bb) and (b)(iii), for “£2.65” there shall be substituted “£4.09”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on
Liam McKibben
Assistant Secretary
18th February 1999.