#2026/101Northern Ireland Sustainable Farming Investment Scheme Regulations 2026
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These regulations create the legal framework for Northern Ireland’s Sustainable Farming Investment Scheme. The scheme lets the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs provide financial assistance to eligible farm businesses for approved capital investments, projects, plans, commitments, or actions linked to sustainable farming. Farm businesses registered with a DAERA farm business ID can apply for approval. Payments may be made as a lump sum or in instalments, and DAERA can set timing, conditions, application requirements, and approval rules. The practical effect is a new route for farms to seek public funding for qualifying investment, with compliance conditions attached.
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Key Changes
- Creates a Sustainable Farming Investment Scheme for Northern Ireland
- Allows DAERA to provide financial assistance for approved farm capital investments
- Sets a process for eligible DAERA-registered farm businesses to apply and receive payments subject to conditions
Obligations
What this law requires
Farm businesses must be registered with a DAERA farm business ID before applying for financial assistance under the Sustainable Farming Investment Scheme.
Farm businesses seeking financial assistance must submit an application for an investment, plan, commitment, project, or action under the scheme before it can be treated as an approved operation.
Beneficiaries must obtain Department or agent approval for the relevant operation before receiving capital investment payments connected with that operation.
Any person replacing a previous beneficiary must undertake to assume the conditions of the existing approval.