Regulation 8 Amendment of the Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015I1

The Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015^f1 shall be amended as follows:

In regulation 2(1), (interpretation) in the appropriate place insert—

• ““active farmer” means a person who holds decision making power, derives the benefits and assumes the financial risks in relation to the agricultural activity on the land;”.

After regulation 10 insert—

“Active farmers

10A.

Only persons who are active farmers on land for which they have claimed payment entitlements shall be eligible to activate payment entitlements in respect of that land”.