Statutory Instruments
2024 No. 1221
AGRICULTURE, ENGLAND
The Rural Development and Farming Advice Service (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024
Made
26th November 2024
Laid before Parliament
27th November 2024
Coming into force
18th December 2024
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14(1)(a) and (b), (2)(a) to (c) and 50(3)(a) and (d) of the Agriculture Act 2020( 1 ).
Citation, commencement, extent, application and interpretation
1. —(1 ) These Regulations may be cited as the Rural Development and Farming Advice Service (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 18th December 2024.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales but apply in relation to England only.
(3) In these Regulations—
“ rural development support measures ” means measures under support schemes established under—
Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
2. —(1)Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 5 ) (Regulation 1306/2013) is amended, insofar as it relates to rural development support measures, as follows.
(2) In Article 12 (Principle and scope - Farm Advisory System)( 6 ), in paragraph 2, omit subparagraphs (d) and (e).
(3) In Article 54 (Common Provisions), in paragraph 3(a)(i), for “EUR 100” substitute “£100” .
(4) In Article 75 (Payment to beneficiaries)—
(a) in paragraph 1—
(i) in the first subparagraph, for the words from “the period” to the end substitute “any deadlines specified by the Secretary of State.” ;
(ii) omit the second subparagraph;
(iii) for “first and second subparagraphs”, in both places it occurs, substitute “first subparagraph” ;
(iv) omit “prior to 1 December,”;
(b) in paragraph 2—
(i) in the first subparagraph, for “Payments referred to in the paragraph 1” substitute “Where a payment referred to in paragraph 1 is made in multiple instalments, the final instalment of such payment” ;
(ii) in the second subparagraph, for “By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, advances” substitute “Advances” .
Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014
3. In Article 13 (Final date of submission of the single application, aid applications or payment claims) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 7 ), insofar as it relates to rural development support measures, in paragraph 1, for “15 May” substitute “31 December” .
Amendment of The Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) Regulations 2014
4. In Regulation 19 (Competent control authorities) of The Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) Regulations 2014( 8 ) omit paragraphs (1) to (3).
Daniel Zeichner
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
26th November 2024
EUR 1999/1257, as revoked and saved by Article 93(1) of EUR 2005/1698 in respect of actions approved by the European Commission under that Regulation before 1st January 2007; amended by S.I. 2019/764 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
EUR 2005/1698, as revoked and saved by Article 88 of EUR 2013/1305 in respect of operations implemented pursuant to programmes approved by the European Commission under that Regulation before 1st January 2014; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2019/764 , 2022/765 , 2023/816 .
EUR 2013/1305; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2019/764 , 2022/765 , 1225 .
EUR 2013/1306; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2019/763 , 2022/765 , 1225 , 2023/816 .
The farming advice service is the name of the farm advisory system established in response to the obligation in Article 12 (Principle and scope - Farm Advisory System) of Regulation 1306/2013.
EUR 2014/809; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2019/765 , 2020/1445 , 2022/765 , 1225 , 2023/816 .