Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023

13 Annual report about support provided under section 8

(1) The Welsh Ministers must prepare a report under this section (an “annual report”), in relation to each reporting period, about the support provided during the period.

(2) The annual report must include the following information—

(a) the total amount of any financial support provided during the reporting period;

(b) where support has been provided during the period through a scheme as mentioned in section 8(3)—

(i) the total amount of any financial support provided under the scheme during the period;

(ii) a description of any other support provided under the scheme during the period;

(c) a description of any support other than financial support provided during the reporting period, but not under a scheme as mentioned in section 8(3).

(3) The annual report may also include any other information the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.

(4) The Welsh Ministers must, no later than 12 months after the end of each reporting period—

(a) publish the annual report that relates to that reporting period, and

(b) lay it before Senedd Cymru.

(5) In this section the “reporting period” means—

(a) in the case of the first annual report, the period beginning with the day on which section 8 comes into force and ending with 31 March 2025;

(b) in the case of subsequent annual reports, successive financial years.