The Agricultural (2017 North West Area Flooding) (Income Support) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2021

Interpretation

2.  In this Scheme—

“2017 rainfall” means the rainfall caused by Storm Lorenzo on 22nd and 23rd August 2017;

“applicant” means a producer who makes an application;

“application” means an application for an income support payment made in accordance with article 4(4);

“common land” means land on which grazing is shared amongst more than one applicant and which is situate within the severely disadvantaged areas of eligible area;

“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;

“designated map” means the map marker “Map of less-favoured farming areas in Northern Ireland”, dated 8th May 1991, signed by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and deposited at the offices of the Department at Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road, Ballymiscaw, Belfast, BT4 3SB;

“disadvantaged land” means, except in the expression “severely disadvantaged land”, land identified by the colour blue on the designated map;

“eligible area” means, in relation to the farmland of each producer, that area of land declared on an application for an area-based scheme to the Department in 2017 and self-declared by the producer in 2017 on the Force Majeure application for the farm business, as may be adjusted by the Department to correct any omission or errors in the 2017 registration of information;

“farm business ID” means a farm business number issued by the Department to a producer;

“income support payment” means a payment made under article 6;

“producer” means a farm business registered with the Department with a farm business ID issued by the Department;

“rainfall impact” means the loss and damage caused to the eligible area of a producer either by flooding and/or landslide damage, as the case may be, by the 2017 rainfall.

“severely disadvantaged land” means the land identified by the colour pink on the designated map.