Article 15 Public intervention priceC1C2C3C4C5
United Kingdom
Public intervention price means:
the price at which products shall be bought in under public intervention where this is done at a fixed price; or
the maximum price at which products eligible for public intervention may be bought in where this is done by tendering.
The appropriate authority may make regulations fixing the level of the public intervention price, including the amounts of increases and reductions.
This Article does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes in England, otherwise than in connection with exceptional market conditions which are the subject of a declaration under section 20 of the Agriculture Act 2020.
This Article ceases to apply in Scotland in relation to public intervention schemes, otherwise than in connection with public intervention measures which the appropriate authority takes under Article 219(1) for a period of five years beginning on 1 July 2023.
This Article does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes in Wales.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Art. 15(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agriculture (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/831), regs. 1(4)(a), 5; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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Art. 15(3) inserted (E.) (28.2.2023 at 9.10 a.m.) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provision) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/124), regs. 1(2)(b), 4(6) (with reg. 10)
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Art. 15(4) inserted (S.) (1.7.2023) by The Public Intervention and Private Storage Aid (Amendment and Suspension) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/150), regs. 1, 3(7) (with reg. 10)
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Art. 15(5) inserted (W.) (16.2.2026) by The Closure of European Union Legacy Agriculture Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/44), regs. 1(2), 4(6)
Modifications
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Arts. 8-18: power to modify conferred (W.) (11.11.2020 for specified purposes and 11.1.2021 otherwise) by Agriculture Act 2020 (c. 21), s. 57(1)(b)(c)(6), Sch. 5 para. 9 (with s. 47)
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Arts. 8-18: power to modify conferred (N.I.) (11.11.2020 for specified purposes) by Agriculture Act 2020 (c. 21), s. 57(1)(b)(c)(4)(a), Sch. 6 para. 9
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Arts. 8-18: power to modify conferred (E.) (11.11.2020 for specified purposes and 11.1.2021 otherwise) by Agriculture Act 2020 (c. 21), ss. 22, 57(1)(b)(c)(6)
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Arts. 8-21: power to modify conferred (S.) (1.1.2021) by Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 17), ss. 6, 26(2) (with s. 25); S.S.I. 2020/373, reg. 2(2)(a) (as amended (16.6.2025) by Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 11), ss. 26, 38(2); S.S.I. 2025/167, reg. 2(1))
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Arts. 8-18: power to modify conferred (W.) (17.10.2023) by Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023 (asc 4), ss. 23, 56(4); S.I. 2023/1092, art. 2(a)