Countryside Management Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
These Regulations supplement Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2078/92 (O.J. No. L215, 30.7.92, p. 85) (“the Council Regulation”) on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirement of the protection of the environment and maintenance of the countryside. They include provisions to meet the requirements of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 746/96 (O.J. No. L102, 25.4.96, p. 19) laying down detailed rules for the application of the Council Regulation. Commission Decision C(99)15 of 29th January 1999 approved in part the agri-environmental programme entitled “the Countryside Management Scheme” to which these Regulations give effect. A copy of that Decision is available from the Department of Agriculture, Room 657, Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast BT4 3SB. The Codes of Good Agricultural Practice for the protection of soil, air and water are available from the Department of Agriculture, Annex 'D', Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast BT4 3SB.