Farm Subsidies (Review of Decisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Further review by persons appointed

11.—(1) An applicant who is dissatisfied with a decision under regulation 10 may, no later than 30 days following the date of that decision, apply in writing to the Department to have that decision reviewed by persons appointed by it.

(2) An application for a review of a decision under regulation 10 must be in writing and specify—

(a) the name and address of the applicant;

(b) the subsidy scheme in relation to which the review is sought and the IACS year to which the decision referred;

(c) the decision under regulation 10 that is to be reviewed and its date;

(d) full details of the grounds upon which the review is sought if different from the grounds specified under regulation 5(3)(d) or, as the case may be, 8(2)(d); and

(e) the change sought to the decision.

(3) An application under this regulation is to be treated as made if it is received by the Department at its offices at Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast BT4 3SB marked “for the attention of the DARD Appeals Secretariat” and is accompanied by a fee of £100.

(4) The fee referred to in paragraph (3) is payable to the Department and recoverable by it, in the event of default, as a debt.