Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• F1“the 2025 scheme year” means the scheme year beginning on 1^st January and ending on 31^st December 2025,

• “the Direct Payments Delegated Regulation” means Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No.639/2014 supplementing the Direct Payments Regulation M1;

• “the Direct Payments Implementing Regulation” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No.641/2014 laying down rules for the application of the Direct Payments Regulation M2;

• “the Direct Payments Regulation” means Regulation (EU) No. 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy M3;

• “the European Regulations” means—

  1. (a)

     the Direct Payments Regulation;

  2. (b)

     the Direct Payments Delegated Regulation;

  3. (c)

     the Direct Payments Implementing Regulation; and

  4. (d)

     the Horizontal Implementing Regulation;

• “the Horizontal Implementing Regulation” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 809/2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system, rural development measures and cross compliance M4;

• F2“active farmer” means a person who holds decision making power, derives the benefits and assumes the financial risks in relation to the agricultural activity on the land;

• F3“agricultural activity” has the same meaning as in the Direct Payments Regulation;

• “Bank Holiday” means a day specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 M5;

• “Farm Sustainability Payment Scheme” has the same meaning as in the Farm Sustainability Payment Scheme (Eligibility etc) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025;

• “management control” in relation to land means management control for the purpose of any agricultural activity in the relevant scheme year and includes authority from the owner of the land to carry out the agricultural activity;

• “working day” means a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, Bank Holiday or other public holiday.

Terms used in these Regulations that are also used in any of the European Regulations have the meaning they bear in those Regulations.

In these Regulations, any reference to “the European Regulations” is a reference to those Regulations as amended from time to time.