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Version date: 1 December 2005 - 30 March 2025
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213. Interpretation.

(1) In this Chapter and in Schedule 3 -

"farming" means farming farm land including commonage, which - (a) is owned, and used for the purposes of husbandry, (b) is leased, and used for the purposes of husbandry, or (c) does not form part of a larger holding and is used for the purposes of husbandry, by the claimant;

"farmer" means a person engaged in farming;

"husbandry" means the working of the land with the object of extracting the traditional produce of the land;

"weekly means" means, subject to Rule 1(1) of Part 2 of Schedule 3, the yearly means divided by 52 and the amount so calculated shall be rounded up to the nearest €1 where it is a multiple of 50 cent but not also a multiple of €1 and shall be rounded to the nearest €1 where it is not a multiple of 50 cent or €1.

(2) For the purposes of this Chapter, means shall be calculated in accordance with the Rules contained in Part 2 of Schedule 3.