101.— In this Chapter—

“Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine;

“net scheme payments” means payments made under a scheme after the deduction of any debt which may be due to the Minister by a liable person and any amounts required to be deducted by an order of a court where such order is made before the date on which a direction is given to the Minister by the Revenue Commissioners under section 102;

“scheme” means such of the schemes specified in the Schedule to the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (being schemes in respect of which the Minister makes payments to liable persons) as are specified for the purposes of this definition by the Revenue Commissioners with the consent of the Minister.