2005 No. 407
AGRICULTURE
Farm Nutrient Management (Amendment) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2005
Made 25th August 2005
Coming into operation 29th September 2005

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 16(1) and (2) of the Agriculture and Fisheries (Financial Assistance) (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, hereby makes the following Scheme:
Formerly the Department of Agriculture. SeeS.I.1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(4)
S.I.1987/166 (N.I. 1)

1 Citation and commencement
The Scheme may be cited as the Farm Nutrient Management (Amendment) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 29th September 2005.

2 Amendment to the Farm Nutrient Management Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2005
(1) The Farm Nutrient Management Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2005 shall be amended as follows:
S.R. 2005 No. 5
(2) In Article 3(1) (Payment and amount of grants), for the words “40 per cent” there shall be substituted “60 per cent”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 25th August 2005.
D. Small A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Scheme.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 25th August 2005.
Jack Layberry A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel

(This note is not part of the Scheme)
This Scheme amends the Farm Nutrient Management Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005 No. 5).
The rate of grant available is increased from 40 per cent to 60 per cent on the first £85,000 of eligible expenditure incurred by an agricultural business for this purpose.