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The Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022
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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2022 No. 240
Agriculture
The Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022
Made
3rd October 2022
Coming into force
24th October 2022
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 48 and 50(3)(a) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to, the Agriculture Act 2020(1).
Citation, commencement and interpretationN.I.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 and come into operation on 24th October 2022.
(2) (a) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(2) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
(b)In these Regulations –
“Direct Payment Scheme” means –
(i)
schemes for direct payment to farmers made under Regulation (EU) No. 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy(3), or
(ii)
schemes for direct payment to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the Agriculture Act 2020 [F1, or]
(iii)
[F2schemes for direct payment to farmers made under retained Regulation (EU) No. 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 1698/2005.]
“the 2022 scheme year” means the scheme year beginning on 1st January and ending on 31st December 2022.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 1(2)(b) substituted (1.1.2024) by The Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/210), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a)
F2Words in reg. 1(2)(b) added (1.1.2024) by The Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/210), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(b)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 1 in operation at 24.10.2022, see reg. 1(1)
Amendment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 640/2014N.I.
2. In Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 640/2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system and conditions for refusal or withdrawal of payments and administrative penalties applicable to direct payments, rural development support and cross compliance(4),F3... in Article 39(4), omit the third subparagraph.
Textual Amendments
F3Words in reg. 2 omitted (1.1.2024) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/210), regs. 1(1), 3
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 2 in operation at 24.10.2022, see reg. 1(1)
2022 Scheme Year Transitional ProvisionsN.I.
3. The amendment in regulation 2 shall apply in the period of the 2022 scheme year and includes in and from the 2022 scheme year any relevant reoccurrence within the meaning of reoccurrence in Article 38(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation No. 640/2014.
Commencement Information
I3Reg. 3 in operation at 24.10.2022, see reg. 1(1)
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 3rd October 2022.
Jason Foy
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 48 and 50(3)(a) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to, the Agriculture Act 2020 (c.21) in order to make provisions in retained EU law governing the direct payment schemes.
Regulation 2 amends Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 640/2014 to remove the automatic application of intentional penalties to negligent non-compliances.
Regulation 3 makes transitional provision throughout the period of the 2022 scheme year for the application of the new Article 39 negligent non-compliance provisions and in this period reoccurrence within the meaning of reoccurrence in Article 38(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 640/2014.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.
(1)
(3)
EUR 2013/1307 as amended by S.I. 2020/91, S.I. 2020/576 and S.I. 2020/760. This Regulation was incorporated into domestic law by section 1 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (c.2).
(4)
EUR 2014/640 as amended in relation to direct payment schemes by S.I. 2020/90 and in relation to direct payment schemes in England by S.I. 2020/551. EUR 2014/640 was also amended prospectively with effect from IP completion day by S.I. 2019/765. However, by virtue of the amendments in The Agriculture (Payments) (Amendment, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, these prospective amendments did not have effect in relation to direct payment schemes.
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