http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/472/section/7/madeOrganic Farming (Conversion of Animal Housing) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2003FarmingAnimal housingGovernment Printer for Northern Ireland2015-07-30AGRICULTURE This Scheme enables the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (“the Department”) to make grants in respect of capital expenditure incurred in relation to the provision of animal housing for the keeping of organic livestock and the provision of storage facilities for farmyard manure or bedding materials on organic farms (Article 3 and the Schedule). 7 1 The Department shall not pay grant under this Scheme in respect of any expenditure incurred by an applicant before the date on which his application is received by the Department. 2 The Department may not make more than one grant under this Scheme in respect of an agricultural business within any period of three years but this is without prejudice to the Department’s power under Article 16(4) of the 1987 Order to make any payment by way of such a grant at such time, or by such instalments at such intervals or times, as the Department may determine.