AGRICULTURE (TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 2 Further provisions as to schemes.

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AGRICULTURE (TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 2

Further provisions as to schemes.

2.(1) Without prejudice to the generality of the preceding section, a scheme
made under this Act may contain such provisions as appear to the Minister to
be necessary or desirable

(a)for providing that, subject to any specified limits of quantity, a farmer
who has failed to effect a sale of his produce at or above a specified price
through the ordinary means of trading, may, subject to any specified
conditions, receive payments of specified amounts or at specified rates in
respect of such produce;

(b)for providing for the making of payments at a specified rate per [hectacre]
to farmers producing any specified produce, subject to any specified
conditions and to any specified power to reduce or withhold payment on any
specified grounds;

(c)for securing that factors affecting the determination of the amount of the
payments to be made under the scheme are determined by reference to production
of or dealings in the specified produce in any specified period whether
occurring before or after the date of the scheme or occuring partly before and
partly after the date of the scheme;

(d)for making different payments in different circumstances, and in particular
for making in relation to any specified produce, different payments or
different provisions for different qualities or descriptions thereof or for
different seasons of the year or according to the purpose for which the
produce is to be used;

(e)for providing for the making, collection, application or return of
equalization payments or service charges on specified produce;

(f)for requiring persons engaged in the producing or marketing of specified
produce to register with the Ministry or with any specified person and to
furnish specified information in regard to the specified produce and to permit
inspection of the books and premises of such persons;

(g) for exempting from the scheme any person or class of persons engaged in
producing or marketing the specified produce or any quality or description of
the specified produce;

(h)for regulating and improving the quality, production or marketing of
specified produce; and

(i)for securing the due and proper administration of the scheme and for
preventing fraud in connection with the scheme.

(2) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Act, section thirteen of
the Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland), 1949, shall apply in relation to the
powers exercisable by the Minister under this Act as it applies in relation to
the powers exercisable by the Ministry under or by virtue of any provision
contained in Part I of that Act.

S.3 rep. by SLR 1976

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AGRICULTURE (TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 2