Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 219 of 2017)

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. S.I. No. 219 of 2017 ———————— AGRICULTURE APPEALS ACT 2001 (AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE) REGULATIONS 2017 2 [219] S.I. No. 219 of 2017 AGRICULTURE APPEALS ACT 2001 (AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE) REGULATIONS 2017 I, MICHAEL CREED, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, 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, Fisheries and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 455 of 2011)), hereby make the following regulations: 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2017. 2. In these Regulations “Forestry Act” means the Forestry Act 2014 (No. 31 of 2014). 3. The Schedule to the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (as amended by section 35 of the Forestry Act and the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 638 of 2016)) is amended by substituting the following: Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 30th May, 2017. [219] 3 “SCHEDULE 1 Section 7 Schemes Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS) Animal Welfare, Recording and Breeding Scheme for Suckler Herds (AWRBS) Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) Beef Data Programme (BDP) Beef Genomics Scheme (BGS) Beef Data Genomics Programme (BDGP) Bio Energy Scheme Burren Farming for Conservation Programme Dairy Efficiency Programme Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (DAS) excluding Land Parcel Identification System Review 2013 (LPIS Review 2013) Farm Improvement Scheme Forest Environment Protections Scheme (FEPS) Forest Genetic Resources Reproductive Material: Seed Stand & Seed Orchard Scheme Forest Road Scheme Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) Greening Payment Grassland Sheep Scheme (GSS) Innovative Forest Technology Scheme — Central Tyre Inflation Installation Aid Scheme (IAS) Native Woodland Conservation Scheme Native Woodland Scheme Neighbourwood Scheme Non-valuation aspects of the On-Farm Valuation Scheme for TB and Brucellosis Reactors Organic Farming Scheme Prevention and Restoration of Damage to Forests: Reconstitution of Woodland Scheme (Windblow) Protein Aid Scheme Reconstitution of Woodland Scheme Reconstitution Scheme (Chalara Ash Dieback) 2014-2020 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 Investment Aid for Farm Waste Management (FWM) Scheme of Investment Aid for the Improvement of Dairy Hygiene Standards (DHS) 4 [219] Scheme of Investment Aid in Alternative Enterprises (Housing and Handling Facilities) (AES) Scheme of Investment Aid for Demonstration On-Farm Waste Processing Facilities Sheep Welfare Scheme Single Payment Scheme, excluding Article 37(2), 40 and 42 of Chapter 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/20031 and Land Parcel Identification System Review 2013 (LPIS Review 2013) Sow Housing (Animal Welfare) Scheme Support for Collaborative Farming Grant Scheme Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS), including — (RDP 2007-2013) (a) The Dairy Equipment Scheme (b) The Poultry Welfare Scheme (c) The Sheep Fencing/Mobile Handling Equipment Scheme (d) The Sow Housing Welfare Scheme (e) The Rainwater Harvesting Scheme, and (f) The Farm Safety Scheme Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme II (TAMS II) RDP 2014–2020) (a) The Animal Welfare, Safety and Nutrient Storage Scheme (b) The Dairy Equipment Scheme (c) The Low-Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) Equipment Scheme (d) The Organic Capital Investment Scheme (e) The Pig and Poultry Investment Scheme (f) The Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme, and (g) Tillage Capital Investment Scheme Upland Sheep Payment Scheme Woodland Improvement Scheme Young Farmers’ Installation Scheme Young Farmers Scheme. 1OJ L270, 21.10.2003, p.1 [219] 5 SCHEDULE 2 Section 14A Section 7 of the Forestry Act excluding grants arising under the schemes men tioned in Schedule 1. The Forestry Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 191 of 2017) insofar as they relate to a licence for afforestation, felling of trees, forest road construction or aerial ferti lisation of forests.”. 6 [219] 4. The Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 638 of 2016) are revoked. GIVEN under my Official Seal, 24 May 2017. MICHAEL CREED, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. [219] 7 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) These Regulations have the purpose of updating the Schedule of Schemes which may be referred to the Agriculture Appeals Office for appeal. They also provide for the new appeals procedure provided in the Forestry Act 2014 con cerning decisions in relation to section 7 of the Forestry Act, Forest Consent and Assessment and Aerial Fertilisation (Forestry) applications. 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