The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Interpretation

2.—(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(2) In these Regulations –

“agri-environment commitment” means a commitment under Council Regulation 2078/92, Articles 22 to 24 of Council Regulation 1257/1999;

“authorised person” means any person authorised by the Department to act in matters relating to these Regulations, the Council Regulation or the Commission Regulation;

“the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 796/2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of cross-compliance, modulation and the integrated administration and control system provided for in the Council Regulation(2);

“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers(3);

“Council Regulation 2078/92” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2078/92 on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements of the protection of the environment and the maintenance of the countryside(4);

“Council Regulation 1257/1999” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1257/1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)(5);

“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;

“farmer” has the meaning given to it in Article 2(a) of the Council Regulation;

“holding” has the meaning given to it in Article 2(b) of the Council Regulation; and

“permanent pasture” has the meaning given to it in Article 2(2) of the Commission Regulation.

(3) Any reference in these Regulations to a Community instrument is a reference to that instrument as amended on the date these Regulations are made.

(4) Other expressions used in these Regulations shall be construed in accordance with the Council Regulation and the Commission Regulation.

(1)

1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

(2)

O.J. No. L141, 30.04.2004, p. 18

(3)

O.J. No. L270, 21.10.2003, p. 1, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 864/2004 (O.J. No. L161, 30.04.2004, p. 48, as corrected by a corrigendum at O.J. No. L206, 9.6.2004, p. 20)

(4)

O.J. No. L215, 30.07.1992, p. 85, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2772/95 (O.J. No. L288, 01.12.1995, p. 35). This Council Regulation is no longer in force, but agri-environment commitments entered into under it remain extant

(5)

O.J. No. L160, 26.06.1999, p. 80, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 583/2004 (O.J. No. L91, 30.03.2004, p. 1)