Extension of class of persons eligible for assistance under Agriculture (Temporary Assistance) Act (Northern Ireland) 1954N.I.
7.—(1) The Agriculture (Temporary Assistance) Act (Northern Ireland) 1954F1 (which empowers the Department of Agriculture, for the purpose of assisting the agricultural industry, to make payments to, or for the benefit of, farmers producing any specified produce) shall have effect subject to the following provisions of this Article.
(2) In section 1(1) and (3) for the words “farmers producing” there shall be substituted the words “ persons engaged in the production, processing, packing or marketing of ”.
(3) In section 2(1)—
(a)in paragraph (a) for the word “farmer” and in paragraph (b) for the word “farmers” there shall be substituted, respectively, the words “ person ” and “ persons ”;
(b)in paragraphs (f), (g) and (h) for the words “or marketing” there shall be substituted the words “ processing, packing or marketing ”.
(4) In section 5 after the definition of “agriculture” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““ agricultural industry ” includes the processing, packing, marketing or otherwise handling of any agricultural produce;”.