Article 51 Financial provisionsF1E1
England and Northern Ireland
In order to finance the payment for young farmers, the relevant authority shall use a percentage, which shall not be higher than 2% of F3the total ceiling.
F4Where the relevant authority decides by 15 October in a calendar year to revise the percentage, that revised percentage will have effect for the following calendar year.
Without prejudice to the maximum of 2 % laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article, where the total amount of the payment for young farmers applied for in a F5constituent nation in a particular year exceeds the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 1, and where that amount is lower than 2% of the F6total ceiling, the relevant authority shall finance the difference by applying point (f) of the first subparagraph of Article 30(7) in the relevant year, by applying a linear reduction to all payments to be granted to all farmers in accordance with Article 32 F7, or by both meansF8....
Where the total amount of the payment for young farmers applied for in a F9constituent nation in a particular year exceeds the F10amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 1, and where that amount is equal to 2% of F11the total ceiling, the relevant authority shall apply a linear reduction to the amounts to be paid pursuant to Article 50 in order to comply with that ceiling.
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Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Regulation revoked (E.) (1.1.2024) by The Agriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1430), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 3 para. 1 Table 1 (with Sch. 3 Pt. 2)
- F2
Art. 51(1) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(22)(a)
- F3
Words in Art. 51(1) substituted (N.I.) (23.2.2021) by The Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/40), regs. 1(1), 2(18)(a)(i)
- F4
Words in Art. 51(1) substituted (N.I.) (23.2.2021) by The Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/40), regs. 1(1), 2(18)(a)(ii)
- F5
Words in Art. 51(2) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(22)(b)(i)
- F6
Word in Art. 51(2) substituted (N.I.) (23.2.2021) by The Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/40), regs. 1(1), 2(18)(b)
- F7
Words in Art. 51(2) inserted (8.6.2020) by The Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/576), regs. 1, 3(4)
- F8
Words in Art. 51(2) omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(22)(b)(ii)
- F9
Words in Art. 51(3) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(22)(c)(i)
- F10
Words in Art. 51(3) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(22)(c)(ii)
- F11
Words in Art. 51(3) substituted (N.I.) (23.2.2021) by The Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/40), regs. 1(1), 2(18)(c)
- F12
Art. 51(4) omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(22)(d)
Extent
- E1
This version of this provision applies to England and Northern Ireland only; separate versions have been created for Wales only and Scotland only
Notes on Title III
Textual amendments
- F2
Words in Title 3 heading substituted (N.I.) (1.1.2026 in relation to the 2026 scheme year and subsequent years) by The Farm Sustainability (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/33), Sch. 2 para. 2(5)