Countryside Management Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. No. 208 of 1999).
These Regulations supplement Council Regulation (EC) No. 2078/92 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 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.