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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/direct-payments-to-farmers-legislative-continuity-act-2020/section-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/2",
  "legislation_title": "Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/direct-payments-to-farmers-legislative-continuity-act-2020",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“assimilated direct CAP legislation” has the meaning given by section 2;\n“assimilated law governing the CAP direct payment schemes” has the meaning given by section 2;\n“CAP direct payment schemes” has the meaning given by section 1;\n“claim year” has the meaning given by section 1;\n“DAERA” means the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland;\nthe “Direct Payments Regulation” has the meaning given by section 1;\n“domestic law” means—\n(a)in section 1, the law of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and\n(b)in any other provision, the law of England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland;\n“enactment” includes—\n(a)an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament,\n(b)an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales,\n(c)an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation, and\n(d)any assimilated direct legislation;\n“EU entity” means an EU institution or any office, body or agency of the EU;\nthe “Horizontal Regulation” has the meaning given by section 1;\n“modify” includes amend, repeal or revoke (and related expressions are to be read accordingly);\n...\n...",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 8 inserted (1.1.2024) by Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28), s. 22(3), Sch. 2 para. 10(4)(a) (with s. 22(6)); S.I. 2023/1363, reg. 3(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 8 substituted (1.1.2024) by Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28), s. 22(3), Sch. 2 para. 10(4)(b) (with s. 22(6)); S.I. 2023/1363, reg. 3(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 8 omitted (1.1.2024) by virtue of Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28), s. 22(3), Sch. 2 para. 10(4)(c) (with s. 22(6)); S.I. 2023/1363, reg. 3(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/2/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:02:22.593008+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}