The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Integrated Administration and Control System) Regulations 2005

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“appropriate authorities” means the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Scottish Ministers, the National Assembly for Wales, and in Northern Ireland the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, acting jointly;

“authorised person” means any person who is authorised by the competent authority, either generally or specifically, to act in relation to matters arising under these Regulations in respect of holdings in relation to which that authority is the competent authority for the IACS year in question;

“collector” has the meaning given by Article 144(b) of Commission Regulation 1973/2004;

“Commission Regulation 796/2004” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of cross compliance, modulation and the integrated administration and control system provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers(1);

“Commission Regulation 1973/2004” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as regards the support schemes provided for in Titles IV and IVa of that Regulation and the use of land set aside for the production of raw materials(2);

“competent authority” has the meaning given in regulation 5;

“Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers(3);

“direct payment” has the meaning given in Article 2(d) of the Council Regulation;

“farmer” has the meaning given in Article 2(a) of the Council Regulation;

“holding” has the meaning given in Article 2(b) of the Council Regulation;

“IACS” means the Integrated Administration and Control System established under the Council Regulation for certain Community support schemes;

“IACS year” means a period of 12 months commencing on the 16^th May;

“LIBOR” means the sterling three month London interbank offered rate;

“relevant competent authority” has the meaning given in regulation 5;

“relevant date”, in relation to a single application, means the date on which that application is submitted;

“single application” has the meaning given in Article 2(11) of Commission Regulation 796/2004;

“specified control measure” means any check, test, verification, inspection, investigation, control or, in relation to land, other operation, which a member state is required to carry out under Chapter 4 of Title II of the Council Regulation, Part II of Commission Regulation 796/2004 or Chapters 8 and 16 of Commission Regulation 1973/2004;

“specified payment” means any payment under any one or more of the support schemes established under Titles III and IV of the Council Regulation;

“territory” means England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, as the case may be.

(2) Other expressions used in these Regulations shall be construed in accordance with the Council Regulation, Commission Regulation 796/2004 and Commission Regulation 1973/2004.

(3) Any reference in these Regulations to a Community instrument is a reference to that instrument as amended on the date these Regulations are made.

(1)

O.J. No. L 141, 30.4.2004, p18.

(2)

O.J. No. L 345, 20.11.2004, p1.

(3)

O.J. No. L 270, 21.10.2003, p1, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 864/2004 (O.J. No. L 161, 30.04.2004, p.48, as corrected by a corrigendum at O.J. No. L 206, 9.6.2004, p.20).