Citation, commencement and interpretation N.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(1) 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(2), or

(ii)

schemes for direct payment to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the Agriculture Act 2020 [F1 , or]

(iii)

[F2 schemes 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

F1 Word 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)

F2 Words 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

I1 Reg. 1 in operation at 24.10.2022, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

1954 c.33 (N.I.)

(2)

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).