# The Agriculture (Financial Assistance) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, Regulation 5: Amendment of regulation 8 (Payments under a financial assistance scheme other than an environmental land management scheme)


In regulation 8—
(a) for the heading, substitute “Payments under a financial assistance scheme”;
(b) for paragraph (1), substitute—
“(1) Where an agreement holder has submitted a request for payment under an agreement, the Secretary of State may require the agreement holder to provide additional information or evidence in support of that payment.”;
(c) after paragraph (6), insert—
“(7) Where an agreement holder is awarded financial assistance under an agreement that does not require them to submit a request for payment, that person must submit an annual declaration to the Secretary of State confirming compliance with the conditions subject to which that financial assistance is given.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348244212/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-agriculture-financial-assistance-amendment-regulations-2023/regulation-5
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