
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Sheep Annual Premium (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 27th November 2000.
(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 27th November in the preceding calendar year; and
(b) not later than 29th December in the preceding calendar year (both dates inclusive) or if 29th December is a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday the next following working day.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 17th October 2000.
R. Jordan
Senior Officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
