The Areas of Natural Constraint Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
These Regulations provide a domestic legal framework for the implementation of Article 31 of Regulation (EU) No. 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and specifically the payment of an ANC allowance. These Regulations also provide for the implementation of Measure 13 of the Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 approved on 25 August 2015 by Commission Decision CCI: 2014UK06RDRP002.