{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-agriculture-financial-assistance-regulations-2021/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-agriculture-financial-assistance-regulations-2021/regulation-6.json",
  "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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Consequences of incomplete or erroneous applications",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State must not give financial assistance under a financial assistance scheme if, having considered the information in an application, together with any supporting information or evidence required under regulation 4, the Secretary of State is satisfied that—\n(a) the applicant has not met the eligibility criteria for receipt of financial assistance;\n(b) the applicant has failed to provide information or evidence requested under regulation 4;\n(c) the applicant has failed to correct a defect in accordance with regulation 5; or\n(d) there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the applicant has provided false or misleading information.\n(2) Where the Secretary of State decides not to give financial assistance under a financial assistance scheme, the Secretary of State must—\n(a) notify the applicant, within a reasonable period, of that decision and the reasons for the decision; and\n(b) inform the applicant of the right to request a reconsideration under regulation 30.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348220667/regulation/6",
    "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."
}