Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

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N.I.

Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

2016 CHAPTER 19

An Act to impose a duty on public authorities to have due regard to rural needs; and for connected purposes.

[9th May 2016]

BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:

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CommencementN.I.

5  Sections1 to 4 come into operation on such day or days (not being later than 1 June 2018) as the Department may by order appoint.

InterpretationN.I.

6  In this Act—

the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;

rural needs” means the social and economic needs of persons in rural areas.

Short titleN.I.

7  This Act may be cited as the Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.

Section 1(2).

SCHEDULEN.I.PUBLIC AUTHORITIES