Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020
Incorporation of Direct Payments Regulation etc
1Incorporation of EU legislation governing the CAP direct payment schemes
2Interpretation and status
3Regulations in connection with the retention of EU legislation under section 1
4Publication and rules of evidence
Increase in direct payments ceilings for claim year 2020
5Power to increase direct payments ceilings for 2020
Final provisions
6Consequential and transitional provision
7Regulations
8Interpretation
9Extent, commencement and short title
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Consequential provision
Existing ambulatory references to EU legislation becoming part of domestic law under section 1
1(1) Any reference which, immediately before exit day—
Disapplication in relation to EU legislation becoming part of domestic law under section 1 of other provision relating to ambulatory references
2Paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the European Union (Withdrawal)...
Meaning of “retained EU law” etc
3In Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978, in the...
4In schedule 1 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland)...
5In Schedule 1 to the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw...
6In section 44A of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954,...
7(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies in relation to the definitions of...
8Nothing in paragraph 3 or 7 affects the meaning in...
SCHEDULE 2Regulations under this Act
Procedure for making regulations under this Act
1A power to make regulations under this Act—
Scrutiny of regulations under section 3
2(1) Regulations under section 3(1)(a) or (3)(a) are subject to...
Scrutiny of regulations under section 6(1)
3Regulations under section 6(1) are subject to negative resolution procedure....
Regulations subject to made affirmative resolution procedure
4Where regulations under this Act are subject to made affirmative...
5In calculating the period of 28 days for the purpose...
6In calculating the period of 28 days for the purpose...
7In calculating the period of 28 days for the purpose...
8Where regulations cease to have effect as a result of...
Regulations subject to affirmative resolution procedure
9Where regulations under this Act are subject to affirmative resolution...
Regulations subject to negative resolution procedure
10Where regulations under this Act are subject to negative resolution...
Combination of regulations
11Any provision that may be made by regulations under this...

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Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020

2020 CHAPTER 2

An Act to make provision for the incorporation of the Direct Payments Regulation into domestic law; for enabling an increase in the total maximum amount of direct payments under that Regulation; and for connected purposes.

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—