Legislation – The Agricultural Commodities (Coronavirus)(Income Support) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2020

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Introduction

1 Citation and commencement

2 Interpretation

3 Application for an Income Support Payment

4 Eligibility for Payment

5 Income support for milk producers

6 Income support payments for cattle producers

7 Income support payment for sheep producers

8 Income support payment for potato producers

9 Level of financial assistance

10 Review of decision

11 Withholding and recovery of payment

12 Powers of authorised officers

Signature

Explanatory note

Income support payment for sheep producers7.

(1)

The Department may, subject to paragraph (2), make an income support payment of £6.88 per animal, to a sheep producer who–

(a)

was recorded on APHIS with an ovine flock number linked to that sheep producer’s business ID;

(b)

was linked by their business ID to the last registered keeper of that animal on APHIS on 21st March 2020 and the animal was slaughtered during the period beginning on 22nd March 2020 and ending on 18th April 2020 (both dates inclusive); and

(c)

provides consent in writing for the Department to use information belonging to the sheep producer and held on APHIS which is reasonable and necessary for the Department to calculate the amount of income support payment under paragraph (2), subject to confirmation by the applicant that the information used is accurate.

(2)

In this Article “ovine flock number” means a number issued by the Department to record animal groupings within a business ID.