Social Welfare Act 2021

Rules as to calculation of means - agricultural schemes - amendments

20. Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in Rule 1(2)(b)(ix) (amended by section 22(a) of the Act of 2016) of Part 2, by the substitution of the following subclauses for subclause (I):

“(I) the following schemes administered by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, namely the Schemes commonly known and referred to as:

(A) the Rural Environment Protection Scheme;

(B) the Agri-Environment Options Scheme;

(C) the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme;

(D) the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure;

(E) the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (2015 - 2020) (2017 - 2022) (2021) ;

(F) the Beef Environmental Efficiency Plan (BEEP-S) as part of the Beef Sector Efficiency Programme;

(G) the Dairy Beef Calf Programme as part of the Beef Sector Efficiency Programme;

(H) the Results Based Environment Agri-Pilot Programme;

(I) the Sheep Welfare Scheme;

(J) the Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme (2000 - 2006) (2007 - 2013) (2014 - 2020);

(K) the Ash Dieback Replanting Scheme;

(L) the Creation of Woodland on Public Lands Scheme;

(M) the Deer Tree Shelter and Deer/Hare Fencing Scheme;

(N) the Forestry Grants and Premium Schemes (2014 - 2020);

(O) the Forest Genetic Resources Reproductive Material Scheme;

(P) the Forest Road Scheme;

(Q) the Forestry Knowledge Transfer Group Scheme;

(R) the Innovative Forestry Forest Technology: Central tyre inflation scheme module;

(S) the Native Woodland Conservation Scheme;

(T) the NeighbourWood Scheme;

(U) the Reconstitution and Underplanting Scheme (Ash Dieback);

(V) the Woodland Improvement Scheme including Continuous Forestry Cover;

(W) such additional Schemes administered by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine relating to agri-environmental schemes as may, following consultation with that Minister, be prescribed.”,

and

(b) in Rule 1(2)(b)(x) (amended by section 22(b) of the Act of 2016) of Part 3, by the substitution of the following subclause for subclause (I):

“(I) the following schemes administered by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, namely the Schemes commonly known and referred to as:

(A) the Rural Environment Protection Scheme;

(B) the Agri-Environment Options Scheme;

(C) the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme;

(D) the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure;

(E) the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (2015 - 2020) (2017 - 2022) (2021) ;

(F) the Beef Environmental Efficiency Plan (BEEP-S) as part of the Beef Sector Efficiency Programme;

(G) the Dairy Beef Calf Programme as part of the Beef Sector Efficiency Programme;

(H) the Results Based Environment Agri-Pilot Programme;

(I) the Sheep Welfare Scheme;

(J) the Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme (2000 - 2006) (2007 - 2013) (2014 - 2020);

(K) the Ash Dieback Replanting Scheme;

(L) the Creation of Woodland on Public Lands Scheme;

(M) the Deer Tree Shelter and Deer/Hare Fencing Scheme;

(N) the Forestry Grants and Premium Schemes (2014 - 2020);

(O) the Forest Genetic Resources Reproductive Material Scheme;

(P) the Forest Road Scheme;

(Q) the Forestry Knowledge Transfer Group Scheme;

(R) the Innovative Forestry Forest Technology: Central tyre inflation scheme module;

(S) the Native Woodland Conservation Scheme;

(T) the NeighbourWood Scheme;

(U) the Reconstitution and Underplanting Scheme (Ash Dieback);

(V) the Woodland Improvement Scheme including Continuous Forestry Cover;

(W) such additional Schemes administered by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine relating to agri-environmental schemes as may, following consultation with that Minister, be prescribed.”.