# The Farm Sustainability Payment Scheme (Eligibility etc) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025, Regulation 9: Amendment of the Farm Sustainability (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025


(1) The Farm Sustainability (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3(1) for “From 1 January 2026” substitute “In the scheme year 2026”.
(3) In regulation 3(2) after “An applicant for the scheme” insert “in the scheme year 2026”.
(4) For regulation 6 substitute–
“6. (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), a farm business not eligible for the Farm Sustainability Payment Scheme in 2026 may transfer entitlements to an eligible farm business by 15 May 2026.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a farm business not eligible for the Farm Sustainability Payment Scheme in 2026 may not transfer entitlements under paragraph (1) to a farm business created with a new farm business identification number issued on or after XXXX 2025.
(3) The prohibition on transfer of entitlements in paragraph (2) shall not apply to a transfer of entitlements by way of actual inheritance.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation, actual inheritance has the same meaning as in Article 34 of the Direct Payments Regulation.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2025/9780338025326/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-farm-sustainability-payment-scheme-eligibility-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2025/regulation-9
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