The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) (Wales) Regulations 2004

Competent Control Authority and Relevant Authorities

6.—(1) The National Assembly is designated as the Competent Control Authority for the purposes of the derogation in Article 42(2) of the Commission Regulation.

(2) The National Assembly may require a relevant authority to carry out controls or checks for the purposes of Article 9 and Chapter I and Chapter III of Title III of the Commission Regulation.

(3) In this regulation, “a relevant authority ” means—

(a) The Environment Agency; or

(b) The Countryside Council.

(4) When engaged pursuant to paragraph (2), a relevant authority must —

(a) send to the National Assembly a provisional control report ;

(b) for the purposes of Article 65(4) of the Commission Regulation, notify the National Assembly of any non compliance established.

(5) The functions conferred on the Countryside Council by paragraphs 2 and 4 are to be treated for the purposes of section 132(2), section 133 and paragraphs 19 and 20 of Schedule 6 to the Environmental Protection Act 1990(1) as though they were conferred on the Countryside Council under section 132 of that Act.

(6) The National Assembly must pursuant to Article 48 of the Commission Regulation establish the final control report and where the National Assembly is not the Paying Agency, send the final control report to the Paying Agency.

(1)

1990 c. 43.