The Agriculture Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2020
S.I. 2020/1650 · Made 29 December 2020 · Extends to United Kingdom
Agriculture
Made 29th December 2020
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred by section 57(2) of the Agriculture Act 2020 M1, makes the following Regulations.
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Contents
1Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2020.
2Commencement of the Agriculture Act 2020
The following provisions of the Agriculture Act 2020 come into force on 1st January 2021—
section 20 (declaration relating to exceptional market conditions), and
section 21 (exceptional market conditions: powers available to Secretary of State).
Signature
Victoria Prentis
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
29th December 2020
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations bring into force two sections of the Agriculture Act 2020 (c. 21) (“the Act”).
These are the first commencement regulations under the Act.
Regulation 2(a) brings into force, on 1st January 2021, section 20 of the Act, which provides for the Secretary of State to make and publish a declaration that there are “exceptional market conditions” (as defined in that section) which justify the making available of powers conferred by section 21 of the Act.
Regulation 2(b) brings into force, on 1st January 2021, section 21 of the Act, which provides that the Secretary of State may, while a declaration made under section 20 of the Act has effect, give, or agree to give, financial assistance to agricultural producers in England, subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.