# The Farm Sustainability Payment Scheme (Eligibility etc) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025, Regulation 8: Amendment of the Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015


(1) The Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1) in the appropriate places insert–
““agricultural activity” has the same meaning as in the Direct Payments Regulation;”
““Farm Sustainability Payment Scheme” has the same meaning as in the Farm Sustainability Payment Scheme (Eligibility etc) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025;”;and
““management control” in relation to land means management control for the purpose of any agricultural activity in the relevant scheme year and includes authority from the owner of the land to carry out the agricultural activity;”.
(3) In regulation 10A–
(a) The first paragraph shall be re-numbered (1);
(b) after that paragraph insert–
“(2) An applicant for the Farm Sustainability Payment Scheme must have management control of any agricultural activity carried out on land used to activate entitlements.
(3) An applicant for the Farm Sustainability Payment Scheme must carry out agricultural activity on at least 3 hectares of land used to activate entitlements.
(4) Where an applicant for the Farm Sustainability Payment Scheme submits a claim of less than 5 hectares of land to activate entitlements, the applicant must carry out agricultural activity on at least 2 hectares of land used to activate entitlements.”
(4) For regulation 15 substitute–
“15. For the purposes of Article 11(1) of the Direct Payments Regulation, where the payments to be granted to a farmer pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title III of that Regulation for a given calendar year exceed the amount stated in Column 1 of the Table it must be reduced by the percentage stated in Column 2 or Column 3 of the Table in Schedule 2 of the Farm Sustainability Payment Scheme (Eligibility etc) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 as the case may be.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2025/9780338025326/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-farm-sustainability-payment-scheme-eligibility-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2025/regulation-8
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