
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Beef Special Premium (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2003.
2 
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
3 
The Beef Special Premium Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 shall be amended as provided in regulations 4 and 5.
4 
In regulation 2(2) for the definition of “Commission Regulation 2342/1999” there shall be substituted the following definition –“
 “Commission Regulation 2342/1999” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2342/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal as regards premium schemes (as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1042/2000, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1900/2000, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2733/2000, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 192/2001, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1458/2001, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2088/2001, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 169/2002 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1830/2002);”.
5 
For sub-paragraph (b) of regulation 5(4) there shall be substituted the following paragraph –“
(b) eighteen applications for second premium; and”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 5th November 2002.
Ronnie Jordan
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
