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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Agriculture
Made
6th December 2023
Coming into operation
1st January 2024
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).
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2024.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(2) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 1 in operation at 1.1.2024, see reg. 1(1)
2.—(1) The Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022(3) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(2)(b), in the definition of “Direct Payment Scheme” –
(a)in paragraph (ii) for the full stop substitute “, or”;
(b)after paragraph (ii) add –
“(iii)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(4).”.
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I2Reg. 2 in operation at 1.1.2024, see reg. 1(1)
3. In regulation 2, omit “in so far as it relates to direct payment schemes”.
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I3Reg. 3 in operation at 1.1.2024, see reg. 1(1)
4.—(1) Retained Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 809/2014(5) with regard to the integrated administration and control system, rural development measures and cross compliance, is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 68, omit paragraph (4).
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I4Reg. 4 in operation at 1.1.2024, see reg. 1(1)
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 6th December 2023
(L.S.)
Dr Jason Foy
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations enable the Department to amend Regulation S.R. 2022 No. 240 – The Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 to include schemes for direct payment to farmers made under retained Regulation (EU) No. 1305/2013.
Regulation 4 amends retained Commission Regulation (EU) 809/2014 to remove the requirement to increase the number of on-the-spot-checks for any act or standard revealing significant degree of non-compliance.
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