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The Direct Payments to Farmers and Cross-Compliance (Simplifications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Direct Payments to Farmers and Cross-Compliance (Simplifications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 1st January 2021.

(2) The amendments contained in the regulations specified in paragraph (4) apply only in relation to an application for direct payments made in 2021 or in any subsequent year.

(3) These Regulations apply in England only.

(4) The regulations specified in this paragraph are—

(a)regulation 2(3);

(b)regulation 4(2) – (5);

(c)regulation 5(2), (4), (6) – (10);

(d)regulation 6(2) – (4);

(e)regulation 7(2) – (4), (6), (7);

(f)regulation 8(2), (4);

(g)regulation 9(3), (4)(b), (5) – (8), (10), (15) – (17), (19).

(5) In these Regulations, “direct payments” means payments made to farmers under support schemes under Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013(1) 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 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.

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EUR 2013/1307. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2019/748, 2020/91, 576 and 760 and the Direct Payments to Farmers (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020. EUR 2013/1307 was amended by section 5 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (c. 2). This Regulation was incorporated into domestic law by section 1 of that Act. It was also prospectively amended with effect from IP completion day by S.I. 2019/207 (as amended by S.I. 2019/812). Those instruments were revoked by the Agriculture (Payments) (Amendment, etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 immediately before IP completion day.

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