Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment Scheme (Provisional Payment Region Classification) (Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1835)(W. 189) (“the Principal Regulations”).

Regulation 2(2) amends regulation 2(1) of the Principal Regulations by deleting the definition of arable crops, amending the definition of provisional payment region classification and inserting a definition of semi-natural upland vegetation.

Regulation 2(3) amends the definition of moorland and severely disadvantaged area in the Principal Regulations.

Regulation 2(4) replaces the Schedule of the Principal Regulations with a new Schedule with a list of species of semi-natural upland vegetation.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment of the effects of these Regulations on the costs of business, in relation to farm businesses in Wales, has been prepared in respect of these Regulations. Copies can be obtained from the Department of Sustainable Futures, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.