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

Income support payments

6.—(1) The Department may make an income support payment calculated in accordance with paragraph (3) to a producer if the conditions set out in paragraph (2) are met.

(2) The conditions are that the producer—

(a) had income forgone due to flooding or landslides as a result of rainfall impact in the eligible area;

(b) subject to paragraph (5), at the date of the rainfall impact had a farm business ID; and

(c) has—

(i) made a Force Majeure application in 2017 due to the flooding event as a result of 2017 rainfall; and

(ii) made an area-based scheme application for 2017 for the eligible area.

(3) The amount of income support payment is either—

(a) £4,092 for severely disadvantaged / disadvantaged land , excluding common land, per hectare of eligible area; or

(b) £729 for lowland land, per hectare of eligible area; or

(c) £145 for common land per hectare of eligible area.

(4) This article is subject to article 7.

(5) A new farm business ID issued since the date of the rainfall impact shall be treated as an eligible farm business ID under paragraph 2(b) where—

(a) the original eligible producer’s farm business has merged with another farm business and a new farm business ID has been issued for that merged farm business; or

(b) the original eligible producer has died and their farm business has passed either by testate or intestate succession to a new producer who has been issued with a farm business ID.