Competent Control Authorities
6.—(1) For the purposes of Article 42(1) of the Commission Regulation, the Secretary of State is the specialised control body who shall bear the responsibility of carrying out the controls in respect of the statutory management requirements under [F1numbers 10 and 13 to 18] of Annex III of the Council Regulation.
[F2(1A) For the purposes of Article 42(1) of the Commission Regulation, the Environment Agency is the specialised control body which shall bear the responsibility of carrying out the controls in respect of the statutory management requirements under numbers 2, 3 and 4 of Annex III of the Council Regulation.]
(2) For the purposes of the derogation in Article 42(2) of the Commission Regulation, the Rural Payments Agency M1 shall have the responsibility to carry out the controls in relation to all other cross-compliance requirements and standards.
[F3(3) Natural England shall carry out controls for the purposes of Article 9 and Chapters I and III of Title III of the Commission Regulation, if requested to do so by the Secretary of State or the Rural Payments Agency.
(4) If Natural England is requested by the Secretary of State or the Rural Payments Agency to carry out controls referred to in paragraph (3), it shall send a provisional control report in relation to the controls carried out to the Secretary of State or the Rural Payments Agency (as the case may be).]
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 6(1) substituted (1.1.2007) by The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross-compliance) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3254), regs. 1, 4(a)
F2Reg. 6(1A) inserted (1.1.2007) by The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross-compliance) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3254), regs. 1, 4(b)
F3Reg. 6(3)(4) substituted (1.1.2007) by The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross-compliance) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3254), regs. 1, 4(c)
F4Reg. 6(5)(6) omitted (1.1.2007) by virtue of The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross-compliance) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3254), regs. 1, 4(d)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Regs. 4, 6 applied (12.2.2007) by The Rural Development (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/75), regs. 1, 5(1)
Marginal Citations
M1The Rural Payments Agency is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for the time being accredited as the Paying Agency.