2022 No. 407
The Direct Payments to Farmers (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2022
Made
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 11(1) and 50(3) of the Agriculture Act 20201, makes these Regulations.
A draft of this instrument was laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament in accordance with sections 11(5) and 50(6)(a) of the Agriculture Act 2020.
Citation, commencement, extent and applicationI11
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Direct Payments to Farmers (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2022 and come into force on the day which falls 21 days after the day on which they are made.
2
These Regulations extend to England and Wales but apply in relation to England only.
Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013I22
In Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy2, for Article 11A substitute—
Article 11AProgressive reductions of direct payments
The Secretary of State must reduce the amount of direct payments to be granted for the claim year 2022 to a farmer under Title III by the percentage specified in column 2 of the table below applied to the portion of the direct payment specified in column 1 of that table.
Portion of direct payment
Claim year 2022: reduction percentage to be applied to the corresponding portion of the direct payment
£30,000.00 or less
20%
Amounts above £30,000.00 and no more than £50,000.00
25%
Amounts above £50,000.00 and more than £150,000.00
35%
Amounts above £150,000.00
40%
SavingI33
Notwithstanding the substitution, by regulation 2, of Article 11A of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy, that Article, as inserted by regulation 3 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Reductions and Simplifications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 20213, continues to have effect for the purposes of determining any rights and liabilities to and in respect of direct payments for the claim year 2021.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)