The Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Explanatory note

Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.

These Regulations establish the Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme. The Scheme provides for payments to be made by the Department to eligible farm businesses in relation to the slaughter of bulls, heifers and steers which meet the eligible animal requirements.

specifies the payments available (regulation 3);

specifies the eligibility criteria for animals and farm businesses (regulations 4 and 5);

specifies the provision of information (regulation 6);

specifies the Scheme payment (regulation 7);

provides the powers for withholding and recovery of overpayments (regulation 8);

provides for the powers of authorised persons (regulations 9);

specifies the assistance to authorised persons (regulation 10); and

provides for the offences and penalties (regulation 11).