Agriculture Act 2020, Cross Heading: Power to provide for the continuation of the basic payment scheme beyond 2020 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 15 May 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
3(1)DAERA 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 Northern Ireland for one or more years beyond 2020.N.I.
(2)The power conferred by sub-paragraph (1) includes power to provide for the direct payments ceiling for Northern Ireland for any relevant year to be determined, in a specified manner, by DAERA.
(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 Northern Ireland” is the national ceiling of the kind referred to in Article 6 of the Direct Payments Regulation that is applicable in relation to Northern Ireland 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 under sub-paragraph (1), to be made in relation to Northern Ireland;
“specified” means specified in regulations under this paragraph.
(5)Regulations under this paragraph are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 6 para. 3 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes and otherwise at 11.1.2021, see s. 57(1)(b)(c)(6)
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