Agriculture Act 2020

Power to provide for the continuation of the basic payment scheme beyond 2020

3 (1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations modify legislation governing the basic payment scheme to make provision for or in connection with securing that the basic payment scheme continues to operate in relation to Wales for one or more years beyond 2020.

(2) The power conferred by sub-paragraph (1) includes power to provide for the direct payments ceiling for Wales for any relevant year to be determined, in a specified manner, by the Welsh Ministers.

(3) Provision made by virtue of sub-paragraph (2)—

(a) must require a determination in respect of a relevant year to be published as soon as practicable after it has been made, and

(b) may confer functions on any person in connection with, or with the making of, a determination in respect of a relevant year.

(4) In this paragraph—

• “the direct payments ceiling for Wales” is the national ceiling of the kind referred to in Article 6 of the Direct Payments Regulation that is applicable in relation to Wales for any relevant year;

• “relevant year” means a year in respect of which direct payments under the basic payment scheme fall, as a result of provision made under sub-paragraph (1), to be made in relation to Wales;

• “specified” means specified in regulations under this paragraph.

(5) Nothing in this paragraph affects any power under this Part or any other enactment to amend or revoke provisions of the legislation governing the basic payment scheme for any year or years beyond 2020.

(6) Regulations under this paragraph are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.