S.I. No. 169 of 2008

AGRICULTURE APPEALS ACT 2001 (AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE) REGULATIONS 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 10th June, 2008.

I, BRENDAN SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 5(2) of the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (No. 29 of 2001) (as adapted by the Agriculture and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2007 ( S.I. No. 705 of 2007 )), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2008.

2. The Schedule (as amended by the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (Amendment of Schedule) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 584 of 2006 )) to the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (No. 29 of 2001) is amended-

(a) by inserting before “Disadvantaged Areas Compensatory Allowances Scheme” the following:

“Animal Welfare, Recording and Breeding Scheme for Suckler Herds”,

“Bio Energy Scheme (excluding Willow)”,

(b) by deleting “Farm Improvement Programme (FIP)”,

(c) by inserting “Farm Improvement Scheme” after “EU Suckler Cow Premium Scheme”,

(d) by inserting “Organic Farming Scheme” after “Non-valuation aspects of the On-Farm Valuation Scheme for TB and Brucellosis Reactors”,

and

(e) by substituting for all the matter from “Single Payment Scheme”, down to and including “Article 8 of the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 795/2004 ¹ ”, the following:

“Single Payment Scheme, excluding Article 37(2), 40 and 42 of Chapter 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003 ² ”,

and the Schedule, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this Regulation.

TABLE

SCHEDULE Schemes

Animal Welfare, Recording and Breeding Scheme for Suckler Herds

Bio Energy Scheme (excluding Willow)

Disadvantaged Areas Compensatory Allowances Scheme

EU Area Aid Scheme (including the Arable Aid Scheme)

EU De-seasonalisation Slaughter Premium Scheme

EU Ewe Premium Scheme

EU Extensification Premium Scheme

EU Slaughter Premium Scheme

EU Special Beef Premium Scheme

EU Suckler Cow Premium Scheme

Farm Improvement Scheme

Farm Improvement Programme (FIP) Horticulture

Installation Aid Scheme (IAS)

Landslide Damage Relief Scheme for the Pullathomas Area of County Mayo

National Scheme of Installation Aid (SIA) (introduced December 1998)

National Scheme of Investment Aid for the Control of Farm Pollution (introduced June 1999)

National Scheme of Investment Aid for the Improvement of Dairy

Hygiene Standards (introduced May 1999)

Non-valuation aspects of the On-Farm Valuation Scheme for TB and Brucellosis Reactors

Organic Farming Scheme

Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS)

Scheme of Early Retirement from Farming

Scheme of Grant-Aid for the Development of the Organic Sector

Scheme of Grant-Aid for Improvements in Animal Welfare Standards (Sow Housing)

Scheme of Grant-Aid for Investment in Alternative Enterprises

Scheme of Grant-Aid for Investments in Agri-Tourism

Scheme of Installation Aid (SIA)

Scheme of Investment Aid for Farm Waste Management (FWM)

Scheme of Investment Aid for the Control of Farm Pollution (CFP)

Scheme of Investment Aid for the Improvement of Dairy Hygiene Standards (DHS)

Scheme of Investment Aid for upgrading of On-Farm Dairying Facilities

Scheme of Investment Aid in Alternative Enterprises (Housing and Handling Facilities) (AES)

Scheme of Investment Aid for Demonstration On-Farm Waste Processing Facilities

Single Payment Scheme, excluding Article 37(2), 40 and 42 of Chapter 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/20032.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

29 May 2008

BRENDAN SMITH

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2008

These Regulations, entitled as above, amend the Schedule to the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 . The Schedule to the Act specifies the Schemes that are covered by the Act. It is now necessary to amend the Schedule to the Act to include new schemes being administered by the by the Department.

Copies may be obtained from the Government Publications Sale Office, Sun Alliance House, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2 or by mail order from Government Publications, Postal Trade Section, 4/5 Harcourt Road, Dublin 2, Fax: 4752760.

1 O.J. No. L 141/1, 30.4.2004

2 O.J. No. L270/15, 21.10.2003