The Horticulture Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 grants power to the department to prescribe grades of produce of horticultural products. It may prescribe the form of labeling required. The provisions do not apply to products subject to EU rules. The Department may make additional provisions in relation to the form of labeling. Regulations do not apply […]
The Department of Agriculture may formulate schemes for the marking of agricultural products in Northern Ireland or a part thereof. This may be undertaken if the Department deems the scheme necessary to enhance the efficient production and marketing of the product. The scheme is to be formulated by the Department when it is deemed necessary […]
Destructive Imported Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1933 gives the Department of Agriculture power to prohibit musk rats and associate species. The Department may make regulations providing for licences in respect of keeping and importation of musk rats. Authorised officers of the Department have the power to enter premises where they believe musk rats are being […]
The Diseases of Animals (NI) Order The Department of Agriculture, with the approval of the Department of Finance, may spend money for the purpose of eradicating and preventing diseases of animals or poultry in Northern Ireland. It may make schemes under which the owners of herds of cattle may be paid such sums as are […]
The Department may prescribe and regulate the separation of suspected and diseased animals and poultry from other animals and prescribe and regulate the notification of illnesses and diseases or suspicions of disease in poultry. The Department may cause such treatment as it considers necessary to be given to an animal or bird for the purpose […]
Regulations may permit the detention onboard vessels, aircraft, etc., vehicles and any consignment, the landing of which would contravene the legislation. They may permit the export of any consignment landed in contravention of the order. They may prohibit and regulate the movement of animals within or out of landing places and provide for exemptions by […]
The Farm Businesses (NI) Order 1988 provides that the Department of Agriculture may, with the approval of the Department of Finance, make a scheme to provide payment by way of grant expenditure to farmers. Grants may be made towards expenditure incurred in connection with the establishment or expansion of a farm business of such description […]
The Agricultural Wages (Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 provides for the establishment of an Agricultural Wages Board for Northern Ireland. Agriculture includes horticulture, fruit growing, dairy farming and livestock breeding, use of land as grazing land, meadow land, market gardens, woodlands where that use is ancillary to farming. The Order is subject to and without […]
The Ministry for Agriculture may establish a General Agricultural Advisory Committee to advise on the administration of the [1949 Act]. It may also constitute committees, deemed necessary from time to time, to advise on matters in the agricultural field, including agricultural education and stock improvement. The Ministry shall consult organizations representing the interests of farmers […]
The Poultry Improvement Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 grants the Department of Agriculture powers to support the poultry industry’s development, enhance profitability and product quality, promote the breeding and distribution of healthy stocks of high quality, and aid the adjustment of poultry production to economic and technical changes. No person shall operate a hatchery or an […]