Amendment of the Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes (England) Regulations 2014
2.—(1) The Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes (England) Regulations 2014(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 5—
(a)the existing text becomes paragraph (1);
(b)at the beginning of renumbered paragraph (1), insert “Subject to paragraph (2),”;
(c)after renumbered paragraph (1), insert—
“(2) Direct payments may be granted to a farmer where the eligible area of the holding referred to in paragraph (1) is less than five hectares where in 2020 direct payments were claimed by or due to be granted to that farmer—
(a)before the application of Article 63 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013; and
(b)in respect of such a holding (as defined for the 2020 claim year)—
(i)the eligible area was situated in England and at least one other constituent nation;
(ii)where the eligible area situated in England of that holding was less than five hectares; and
(iii)for which a payment was claimed or due to be granted in respect of the eligible area situated in England.”.
(3) Omit regulations 11 to 13 and the Schedule.
S.I. 2014/3259. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2015/1997, 2017/1198, 2018/1026, 2019/733 and 2020/91.