Fisheries and Aquaculture Structures (Grants) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1998 No. 243

FISHERIES

Fisheries and Aquaculture Structures (Grants) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Made

2nd July 1998

Coming into operation

1st September 1998

The Department of Agriculture, being a Department designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2), and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Title and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Fisheries and Aquaculture Structures (Grants) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 1st September 1998.

Amendment

2.  The Fisheries and Aquaculture Structures (Grants) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(3) (“the principal Regulations”) shall be amended in accordance with regulation 3.

3.  In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations—

(a) for the definition of “the Council Regulation” there shall be substituted the following definition—

““the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 3699/93 laying down the criteria and arrangements regarding Community structural financial assistance in the fisheries and aquaculture sector and the processing and marketing of its products(4) as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1694/95(5), Council Regulation (EC) No. 2719/95(6), Council Regulation (EC) No. 965/96(7) and Council Regulation (EC) No. 25/97(8)”; and

(b) there shall be added at the end of paragraph (a)(v) in the definition of “relevant operation”, the following—

“and promotion of operations by the fishery or aquaculture trade (Article 13 of the Council Regulation)”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on

L.S.

G. Lavery

Assistant Secretary

2nd July 1998.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulation)

These Regulations amend the Fisheries and Aquaculture Structures (Grants) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 by—

(a) substituting the definition of the Council Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No. 3699/93) to take account of amendments to that Regulation; and

(b) adding to the definition of “relevant operation” in respect of which application for, and payment of, grant may be made, the promotion of operations by the fishery or aquaculture trade in accordance with Article 13 of the Council Regulation.

(1)

S.I. 1972/1811

(2)

1972 c. 68

(3)

S.I. 1995/385

(4)

O.J. No. L346, 31.12.93, p. 1

(5)

O.J. No. L155, 6.7.95, p. 1

(6)

O.J. No. L283, 25.11.95, p. 3

(7)

O.J. No. L131, 1.6.96, p. 1

(8)

O.J. No. L6, 10.1.97, p. 7