2022 No. 193

Agriculture

The Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

Made

Coming into force

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 48 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to, the Agriculture Act 20201,

Citation, commencement and interpretationI21

1

These Regulations may be cited as The Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 and come into operation on 1st August 2022.

2

In these Regulations “Regulation (EU) 1306/2013” means Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy2.

3

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19543 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

Reg. 1 in operation at 1.8.2022, see reg. 1(1)

Amendment of Article 75 of Regulation (EU) 1306/2013I12

Article 75 of Regulation (EU) 1306/2013 is amended as follows –

a

in paragraph 1(a) substitute “but not before 16 October” with “in any claim year”, and

b

in paragraph 2 substitute “the verification of eligibility conditions, to be carried out by the relevant authority pursuant to Article 74, has been finalised” with “the administrative checks to be carried out by the relevant authority pursuant to Article 74, have been finalised.”

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Reg. 2 in operation at 1.8.2022, see reg. 1(1)

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 1st July 2022.

seal_r00001Jason FoyA senior officer of theDepartment of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013 to enable the Department to make payments to beneficiaries after administrative checks.

Regulation 2 enables payments to be made before 16 October following the completion of administrative checks only.

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.