Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which come into force on 5 May 2005, amend the Tir Mynydd (Wales) Regulations 2001 (“the Principal Regulations”) so as to:
(a)make consequential amendments as a result of changes to the common agricultural policy with regard to the Single Payment Scheme.
(b)provide that Tir Mynydd payments may be made to claimants who received Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances for the 2000 scheme year even if they have not claimed livestock aid in relation to sheep or suckler cows or both during the year in which the Tir Mynydd claim is submitted (Reg 4(4)).
(c)remove Regulation 8(b) so as to avoid the potential for double funding (Reg 6).
(d)make scheme eligibility subject to compliance with the provisions of the Code of Good Farming Practice set out in the Rural Development Plan for Wales 2000 — 2006, and to make provision for the establishment of a system of proportionate penalties to be applied in cases of non compliance with the Code (Reg 4(3) and Reg 8).
(e)provide for minor and definitional changes consequent upon the amendments detailed above.