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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-in-care-scheme-tir-gofal-wales-regulations-1999/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1176",
  "legislation_title": "The Land in Care Scheme (Tir Gofal) (Wales) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-in-care-scheme-tir-gofal-wales-regulations-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations, which apply to Wales, contain the provisions of a new agri-environment scheme implementing in part a zonal programme approved by the European Commission under Article 7 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2078/92 (OJ No. L215, 30.7.92, p. 85) on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements for the protection of the environment and the maintenance of the countryside. The new agri-environment scheme, which replaces existing agri-environment schemes applying to Wales, is entitled the Land in Care Scheme or Tir Gofal (which Welsh term means land which is in the care of any person who has an interest in it).\nThe Regulations provide for payments of aid to be made at any time during or after the agreement year (regulation 6(1) and (2)) (payment of aid), to any person who enters a Tir Gofal agreement (as defined in regulation 2(1)) with the Countryside Council for Wales requiring him to follow the general environmental conditions set out in Schedule 1 and to carry out management and capital activities which are conducive to a specified purpose (as defined in regulation 2(1)) on land in which he has an interest (regulations 3 and 4). A Tir Gofal agreement may include a special project activity (as defined in regulation 2(1)).\nThe rates of aid payable are set out (regulation 9 and Schedules 1 to 4).\nThe Regulations also–\n(a) make provision in relation to a change of occupation to the land to which a Tir Gofal agreement relates (regulation 8);\n(b) impose an obligation on a Tir Gofal agreement holder to permit entry and inspection (regulation 10);\n(c) provide for the withholding and recovery of aid together with interest, the imposition of penalties and the termination of Tir Gofal agreements (regulations 11, 12 and 13);\n(d) provide for a closing date for applications for existing agri-environment schemes (regulations 14 and 15 and Schedule 6).\nNo regulatory appraisal has been prepared in respect of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1176/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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