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Rural Development (Financial Assistance) (Public Expenditure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

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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—

“agent” means a person authorised in writing by the Department for the purposes of these Regulations;

“application” means an application for the approval of an operation made under regulation 4;

“approved” in relation to any expenditure means approved by the Department or the agent;

“approved operation” means an operation which has been approved by the Department or an agent under regulation 5;

“authorisation”, in relation to an agent, means an authorisation in writing under this regulation;

“authorised person” means a person authorised by the Department to enforce these Regulations;

“beneficiary” means—

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a person who has applied for and been granted an approval for an operation, and

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in relation to any time after grant has been paid in connection with the approval, the person to whom the grant has been paid;

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

“electronic communication” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001(2);

“financial assistance” means an amount paid or payable under these Regulations;

“operation” means an investment or project in Northern Ireland which is the subject of an application.

(3) A reference in these Regulations to anything done in writing or produced in written form includes a reference to an electronic communication which has been recorded and is consequently capable of being reproduced.

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