# The Agriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023, Regulation 8: Transfers of the reference amount


(1) A request may be made to the Secretary of State for the transfer to a person by the Secretary of State of all, or any part, of a reference amount and Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 have effect for these purposes.
(2) The Secretary of State must, as soon as practicable after the receipt of a request made under paragraph (1)—
(a) determine that request; and
(b) give notice in writing to the person who made the request of the Secretary of State’s decision in relation to that request.
(3) For the purposes of determining a request made under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may require additional information or evidence in support of that request under paragraph 9 or 16 of Schedule 2.
(4) A person to whom all, or any part, of a reference amount is transferred following a request made under paragraph (1) and Part 2 of Schedule 2 in circumstances where paragraph 13 of that Schedule applies, is, for the purposes of these Regulations, to be treated as a person who has satisfied the eligibility condition in regulation 6(1)(a).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348253344/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-agriculture-delinked-payments-and-consequential-provisions-england-regulations-2023/regulation-8
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