Explanatory note

These Regulations make provision in connection with the introduction of delinked payments by the Agriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1430) (“the Delinked Payments Regulations”). They extend to England and Wales but apply in relation to England only.

Regulation 3 introduces a requirement on the Secretary of State to make reductions to the amount of a delinked payment calculated by the Secretary of State in respect of a person under paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Delinked Payments Regulations for the year beginning on 1st January 2024. The Secretary of State must reduce the portion of a delinked payment for a person specified in column 1 of the table under regulation 3(2) by the reduction percentage or percentages that are specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table.

Regulation 4 modifies references to a “delinked payment” in Part 3 of the Delinked Payments Regulations so that they are to be construed as references to the amount of a delinked payment after the application of the reduction percentage or percentages applied by the Secretary of State to that payment by virtue of regulation 3.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.