Welsh Statutory Instruments
Agriculture, Wales
Approved by Senedd Cymru
Made
at 3.51 p.m. 31st January 2020
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
4th February 2020
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(3)(a) of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020(1), make the following Regulations.
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments to Farmers) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2020.
(2) These Regulations come into force on exit day and paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 5 to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020(2) does not apply.
2.—(1) The Common Agricultural Policy (Integrated Administration and Control System and Enforcement and Cross Compliance) (Wales) Regulations 2014(3) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2—
(a)in paragraph (1), for the definition of “direct payments” substitute—
““direct payments” (“taliadau uniongyrchol”) has the meaning given by Article 1 of the Direct Payments Regulation;”;
(b)after paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A) References in these Regulations to the Horizontal Delegated Regulation, the Horizontal Implementing Regulation and the Horizontal Regulation are, to the extent that they relate to the direct payments for claim year 2020, references to those Regulations as they exist in domestic law.”
(3) In regulation 7, in paragraph (7)(a), at the beginning insert “except for matters relating to direct payments for claim year 2020,”.
3.—(1) The Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2015(4) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3—
(a)omit “and (2)”, and
(b)for “Article 10(1)(b)” substitute “Article 10(1)”.
(3) In regulation 7, omit “and (2)(c)”.
(4) In regulation 11(1) and (2), after “Direct Payments Delegated Regulation” insert “as it applied immediately prior to exit day”.
Lesley Griffiths
Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers
At 3:51 p.m. on 31 January 2020
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(3)(a) of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (c. 2) in order to address failures of retained EU law governing the Common Agricultural Policy Direct Payment Schemes to operate effectively, and deficiencies in that retained EU law.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.
2020 c. 2; see section 3(10) for the definition of “devolved authority”.
S.I. 2014/3223 (W. 328), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
S.I. 2015/1252 (W. 84), amended by S.I. 2016/217 (W. 86).