The Agriculture (Conservation Grants) (Northern Ireland) Order 1995

Statutory Instruments

1995 No. 3212 (N.I. 21)

The Agriculture (Conservation Grants) (Northern Ireland) Order 1995

13th December 1995

Title and commencement N.I.

1.  This Order may be cited as the Agriculture (Conservation Grants) (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and shall come into operation on the expiration of 2 months from the day on which it is made.

Interpretation N.I.

2.  The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954F1 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

F1 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

Grants for purposes conducive to conservation N.I.

3.—(1) The Department of Agriculture, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel, may by regulations make provisions for an in connection with the making of grants to persons who do, or who undertake to the Department of Agriculture that they will do, anything which in the opinion of that Department is conducive to—

(a) the conservation or enhancement of the natural beauty or amenity of the countryside (including its flora and fauna and geological and physiographical features) or of any features of archaeological interest there; or

(b) the promotion of the enjoyment of the countryside by the public.

(2) Regulations under this Article may—

(a) make different provision for different areas;

(b) provide for grants to be made subject to conditions;

(c) confer power on the Department of Agriculture to modify, in any particular case, the conditions to which a grant would otherwise be subject, if it is satisfied that the making of that grant, subject to the conditions as so modified, is consistent with the purposes for which the regulations are made;

(d) make provision for or in connection with the recovery of any sums paid by way of grant, or the withholding of any further payments of grant, in cases where the applicant for the grant—

(i) in making the application, or in furnishing any information in connection with the application, has made a statement which was false or misleading in a material respect;

(ii) has failed to do something which he undertook to do if the grant was made; or

(iii) is in breach of any condition subject to which the grant was made.

(3) Regulations under this Article shall be subject to negative resolution.

(4) The powers conferred by this Article are in addition to any other powers of the Department of Agriculture.