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Amendment of the Financial Assistance for Young Farmers Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2005

2.—(1) The Financial Assistance for Young Farmers Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2005(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In paragraph 3 of the Schedule (financial assistance for young farmers) after sub-paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

(1A) The Department shall not make a grant under paragraph (1) in respect of expenditure incurred in servicing any part of a qualifying loan which has not been used before 1st August 2010 for the purposes of, or in connection with, the implementation of the business plan referred to in paragraph (3)..

(3) For paragraph 4 of the Schedule (applications) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

Applications

4.(1) An application for a grant under this Scheme shall be made in such form and contain such information and be accompanied by such documents as the Department may require.

(2) The Department may require an applicant to furnish such further information and documents as it considers necessary..

(4) For paragraph 5 of the Schedule (closing date for applications) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

Closing date for applications

5.  The Department shall not pay any grant under this Scheme unless—

(a)the application for the grant is received by the Department before 28th February 2009; and

(b)all information and documents required to be furnished under Article 4 (2) are received by the Department before 1st July 2009..