1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as The Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 15th November 1996.

2 Interpretation
1 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means The Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.
S.R. (N.I.) 1996 No. 230
2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

3 Amendment
The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (2) of regulation 8 (Application for compensatory allowances) of the principal Regulations—

“2 An application for a compensatory allowance for ewes in respect of any Scheme year shall be lodged with the Department between 15th November in the preceding Scheme year and 13th January in the Scheme year in respect of which the application is made (both dates inclusive).”

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on 18th October 1996.
Evelyn Cummins Assistant Secretary