PART 3Amendments to Direct Payments Regulations

Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 1307/201346

In Article 52—

a

in paragraph 9—

i

for “Union funds” substitute “agricultural support”;

ii

for the words from “Commission” to “Article 70” substitute “Secretary of State may make regulations”;

iii

for “Union measures” substitute “measures provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 and Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and any other measures specified for the purposes of this paragraph by virtue of paragraph 9”;

b

in paragraph 10—

i

for the words from “Commission” to “Article 70” substitute “Secretary of State may make regulations”;

ii

for “delegated acts”, in the second place it appears, substitute “regulations”;

iii

for “Member States to decide that such support may” substitute “for support to”;

c

after paragraph 10 insert—

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The Secretary of State may not make regulations under paragraph 9 or 10 without the consent of each of the relevant authorities for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Where the relevant authority for Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland requests that the Secretary of State makes regulations under paragraph 9 or 10, the Secretary of State must have regard to that request.