{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-agriculture-financial-assistance-regulations-2021/regulation-11",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2021/9780348220667",
  "legislation_title": "The Agriculture (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-agriculture-financial-assistance-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Change of circumstances",
  "text": "(1) An agreement holder must notify the Secretary of State, as soon as reasonably practicable, of any change in circumstances which might reasonably be expected to affect—\n(a) the continuance of entitlement to financial assistance;\n(b) compliance with conditions subject to which financial assistance is given;\n(c) the ability of that person to achieve the purpose for which the financial assistance is given in accordance with any agreed standards or timescales; or\n(d) the amount of financial assistance awarded or due to be awarded.\n(2) Where the Secretary of State receives a notification under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may—\n(a) amend, remove or replace a condition subject to which financial assistance is given, either temporarily or permanently;\n(b) amend, remove or replace any agreed standards or timescales, either temporarily or permanently;\n(c) reduce the amount of financial assistance awarded, either temporarily or permanently;\n(d) recover on demand all or any part of financial assistance which has already been paid to the agreement holder;\n(e) terminate the agreement for financial assistance; or\n(f) accept an undertaking for the transfer of all or part of an agreement for financial assistance in accordance with regulation 12 to release the agreement holder from their obligations under all or part of that agreement.\n(3) Where the Secretary of State decides to take one or more of the actions referred to in paragraph (2), the Secretary of State must—\n(a) notify the agreement holder, within a reasonable period, of that decision and the reasons for the decision; and\n(b) inform that person of the right to request a reconsideration under regulation 30.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348220667/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:47:39.634542+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."
}