PART 1

SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT

The duty

Exceptions from the duty in section 2
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The duty in section 2 does not apply to the following functions—
a
the function under section 16 (power to modify legislation governing the basic payment scheme);
b
the function under section 17 (power to modify legislation relating to the common agricultural policy), so far as the function is being exercised in a way that has an effect on the basic payment scheme;
c
the function under section 49 (power to make consequential, transitional etc. provision), so far as it is being exercised for the purposes of, in consequence of, or for giving full effect to, any provision made under section 16 (power to modify legislation governing the basic payment scheme);
d
the function under section 49 (power to make consequential, transitional etc. provision), so far as—
i
it is being exercised for the purposes of, in consequence of, or for giving full effect to, any provision made under section 17 (power to modify legislation relating to the common agricultural policy), and
ii
it is being exercised in a way that has an effect on the basic payment scheme;
e
a function under legislation governing the basic payment scheme (within the meaning given by section 16);
f
a function under legislation governing the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy (within the meaning given by section 17), so far as the function is being exercised in a way that has an effect on the basic payment scheme.
S. 3 in force at 17.10.2023, see s. 56(2)(a)