Regulation 5 Notification of change in management controlI1

England and Wales

(1)

The CS agreement holder is released from the countryside stewardship agreement if—

(a)

the CS agreement holder transfers management control of all or part of the land which is the subject of that agreement to another person (“the transferee”),

(b)

the transferee is an eligible person,

(c)

the transferee notifies the Secretary of State of the transfer within 90 days beginning with the day after the date of the transfer,

(d)

the transferee gives an undertaking to the Secretary of State to assume the obligations under that agreement in place of the CS agreement holder, and

(e)

the Secretary of State has accepted that undertaking.

(2)

Paragraph (1) does not release the CS agreement holder in respect of any breach or other matter occurring before the acceptance by the Secretary of State of the transferee's undertaking.

(3)

Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to a countryside stewardship agreement F1only to carry out F2an activity or matter specified in Part 3 of the Schedule.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in reg. 5(3) inserted (8.2.2021) by The Countryside Stewardship (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/42), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a)
F2: Word in reg. 5(3) substituted (8.2.2021) by The Countryside Stewardship (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/42), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(b)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 5 in force at 11.2.2020, see reg. 1(1)