PART 2

SUPPORT FOR AGRICULTURE ETC.
CHAPTER 1

WELSH MINISTERS’ POWER TO PROVIDE SUPPORT

Welsh Ministers’ power to provide support
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1
The Welsh Ministers may provide support for or in connection with agriculture in Wales and ancillary activities that take place in Wales.
2
That support may, in particular, include support for or in connection with any of the following purposes—
a
encouraging the production of food in an environmentally sustainable manner;
b
helping rural communities to thrive and strengthening links between agricultural businesses and their communities;
c
improving the resilience of agricultural businesses;
d
sustaining the Welsh language and promoting and facilitating its use;
e
reducing emissions of greenhouse gases;
f
maximising carbon sequestration and storage;
g
maintaining and enhancing the resilience of ecosystems;
h
conserving and enhancing landscapes and the historic environment;
i
improving air quality;
j
improving water quality;
k
maintaining and enhancing public access to and engagement with the countryside and the historic environment;
l
mitigating flood and drought risks;
m
achieving and promoting high standards of animal health and welfare;
n
maximising resource efficiency;
o
encouraging agricultural businesses to manage energy effectively (including by adopting energy efficiency and energy saving practices, and generating renewable energy on their land).
3
Support under this section may be provided under a scheme or otherwise.
4
The Welsh Ministers may, by regulations, amend subsection (2) by—
a
adding a purpose to the list in that subsection;
b
removing a purpose from the list;
c
altering the description of a purpose in the list.
5
In this section, “greenhouse gas” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3).
6
In this Chapter—
a
references to support (except in the case of references to the provision of support under a third party scheme within section 9(8)) are to support under this section;
b
references to financial support are to support under this section that is provided financially.
S. 8 in force at 17.10.2023, see s. 56(2)(b)