Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2018 No. 18

Agriculture

The Areas of Natural Constraint Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018

Made

30th January 2018

Coming into operation

1st March 2018

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs is a Northern Ireland 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 Union and matters relating to the promotion of rural development.

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

(1)

S.I. 2000/2812 and S.I. 2000/3238 to which there are amendments not relevant to the subject matter of these Regulations

(2)

1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7)