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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Sheep Annual Premium (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 4th December 2001.
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(1) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Sheep Annual Premium Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Norhern Ireland Assembly.
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(1) The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
(2) For paragraph (2) of regulation 3 (Application for premium) 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 4th December in the preceeding calendar year; and
(b) not later than 4th January in that marketing year (both dates inclusive) or if 4th January is a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday the next following working day.”.
(3) In paragraph (1)(a) of regulation 5 (Powers of authorised officers), for the existing text substitute “carrying out any check which a member state is required to carry out by Article 6 of the Commission Regulation”.
(4) In paragraph (5)(a) of regulation 5, after “record” insert “the producer is required to keep by article 4 of the Animal (Records) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997”.
(5) In paragraph (2) of regulation 9 (Offence and penalties)—
(a) substitute “; or” for the comma at the end of sub-paragraph (b); and
(b) insert the following sub-paragraph after that sub-paragraph—“
(c) fails to notify the competent authority in writing of a change in a material particular within 10 working days of that change,”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 23rd November 2001.
R. Jordan
Senior Officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
