The Agriculture and Fisheries (Financial Assistance) (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
Northern Ireland Order in Council 1987 No. 166 — creates 6 criminal offences.
- Made
- 10 February 1987
- In force from
- 1 April 1987
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Agriculture, plant health, food production and rural affairs
Explanatory note
(This Note is not part of the Order.) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This Order re-enacts with amendments certain provisions of the Agriculture Act 1957, the Agriculture Act 1967, the Agriculture Act 1970 and the Fisheries Act 1981 as they apply in Northern Ireland. The principal amendments are those necessary to transfer to the Department of Agriculture the functions under those Acts formerly exercisable by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or by the Secretary of State. The Order confers powers on the Department of Agriculture in relation to the provision of financial assistance to the agriculture and sea fish industries.
Offences created by this instrument
- If any person, for the purpose of obtaining any grant under this part for himself or any other person, knowingly or… article 13 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Grants for purposes connected with co-operative activities article 15(8) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Farm capital grants article 16(8) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Schemes of financial assistance for sea fish industry article 17(4) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- If any person contravenes any provision of an order under Article 5, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a… article 6(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- If any person wilfully obstructs an authorised officer or other person in the exercise of powers conferred on him by… article 6(2) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
How Parliament handled it
Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.
Check the source
- This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
- Other instruments from 1987