# The Agriculture (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2021, Regulation 24: Action available to the Secretary of State following determination of a breach


(1) Further to the determination made under regulation 23(2), the Secretary of State may take such of the following steps as the Secretary of State considers appropriate—
(a) issue a warning letter to the agreement holder;
(b) amend, remove or replace a condition subject to which financial assistance is given either temporarily or permanently;
(c) amend, remove or replace any agreed standards or timescales either temporarily or permanently;
(d) permit the agreement holder to rectify the breach;
(e) reduce the amount of financial assistance awarded in whole or in part;
(f) withhold the whole or any part of financial assistance payable under the financial assistance scheme to which the breach relates;
(g) withhold the whole or any part of financial assistance payable under any financial assistance scheme to which the agreement holder is entitled;
(h) recover on demand all or any part of financial assistance which has already been paid to the agreement holder;
(i) terminate the agreement for financial assistance; and
(j) prohibit the agreement holder from receiving financial assistance under any financial assistance scheme under section 1 of the 2020 Act, subject to regulation 29.
(2) The Secretary of State may take more than one step in any particular case.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348220667/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-agriculture-financial-assistance-regulations-2021/regulation-24
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