The Agricultural Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025

Made: 2nd October 2025

Coming into operation: 23rd October 2025

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs[^f00001], with the approval of the Department of Finance[^f00002], makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(2B), 6(1)(f) and 9 of the Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949[^f00003].

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Agricultural Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 and shall come into operation on 23rd October 2025.

Amendment of the Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

2

• (1) The Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023[^f00004] are amended as follows.

• (2) In regulation 2(interpretation), for the definition of “authorised person” substitute –

• “authorised person” means any person authorised by the Department to act under section 40(1) of the Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949 in matters relating to these Regulations;

• (3) Omit regulation 11 (offences and penalties).

Amendment of the Suckler Cow Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025

3

• (1) The Suckler Cow Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025[^f00005] are amended as follows.

• (2) In regulation (2) (interpretation), for the definition of “authorised person” substitute –

• “authorised person” means any person authorised by the Department to act under section 40(1) of the Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949 in matters relating to these Regulations;

• (3) Omit regulation 11 (offences and penalties).

Amendment of the Horticulture Pilot Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025

4

• (1) The Horticulture Pilot Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025[^f00006] are amended as follows.

• (2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), for the definition of “authorised person” substitute –

• “authorised person” means any person authorised by the Department to act under section 40(1) of the Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949 in matters relating to these Regulations;

• (3) Omit regulation 10 (offences and penalties).

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 2nd October 2025

Richard Johnston — A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

The Department of Finance approves the forgoing Regulations

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 2nd October 2025

Patrick Neeson — A senior officer of the Department of Finance

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend

The Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023;

The Suckler Cow Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025; and

The Horticulture Pilot Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025,

to amend the definition of authorised persons acting under section 40 of the Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949 and to remove the regulations relating to criminal offences and penalties.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: The Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland became the Department of Agriculture for Northen Ireland by the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 c.36 section 40 and Schedule 5 paragraph 8(1); Renamed as the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 S.I. 1999/283 (N.I1) Article 3(4) and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c.5 (N.I.) section 1(2)

[^f00002]: The “Ministry of Finance” is now the “Department of Finance”; see section 1(4) of the Departments Act (NI) 2016 c.5 (N.I)

[^f00003]: 1949 c.2 (N.I.)

[^f00004]: S.R. 2023 No. 212

[^f00005]: S.R. 2025 No. 41

[^f00006]: S.R. 2025 No. 103

Editorial notes

[^key-6ce70cabf5ddeb5df6d142ccbb9d5522]: Reg. 1 in operation at 23.10.2025, see reg. 1

[^key-5f3492e0731ed275db09fb99e3e2eb52]: Reg. 2 in operation at 23.10.2025, see reg. 1

[^key-c87bb5c557ee36444f501d5fc5ff0018]: Reg. 3 in operation at 23.10.2025, see reg. 1

[^key-6ab03948554bf51f1e9a6fff314496e9]: Reg. 4 in operation at 23.10.2025, see reg. 1