Paragraph 11 Amendment of the Agriculture (Lump Sum Payment) (England) Regulations 2022

(1)

The Agriculture (Lump Sum Payment) (England) Regulations 2022^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2 (interpretation), at the end of the definition of “Regulation (EU) 1307/2013” and the definition of “Regulation (EU) 640/2014” insert “as that Regulation operated in relation to England immediately before the end of 2023”.

(3)

In the Schedule (calculating the lump sum payment)—

(a)

in paragraph 1(3)(c)(iii) (definition of SRA), at the end insert “as that Regulation applied in relation to England immediately before the end of 2023”;

(b)

in paragraph 3—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (2)—

(aa)

at the end of paragraph (a) omit “and”; and

(bb)

at the end of paragraph (b), after “17th May 2021” insert—

“; and

(c)

the total value of any payment entitlements that were recorded in the register in the applicant’s name before the date on which these Regulations come into force (excluding any payment entitlements that have been leased out).”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (5)(b) (definition of PES)—

(aa)

at the end of paragraph (i) omit “and”; and

(bb)

after paragraph (ii) insert—

“(iii)

the total value of any payment entitlements that were recorded in the register in the applicant’s name before the date on which these Regulations come into force (excluding any payment entitlements that have been leased out); and”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2022/390.