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The Paying Agency (National Assembly for Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

W.S.I. 2006/2698 · Made 10 October 2006

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AGRICULTURE, WALES

Made 10 October 2006

Coming into force 16 October 2006

The National Assembly for Wales being designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by that section, makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

By virtue of the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2766) (“the Order”). Article 4 and Schedule 3 to the Order enable the National Assembly for Wales to make regulations, in relation to the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community, which extend to holdings which include land situated within the United Kingdom but outside of Wales.

f2

1972 c. 68.

Contents

  1. 1Title, commencement and application
  2. 2Amendment of the Paying Agency (National Assembly for Wales) Regulations 1999
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title, commencement and application

(1)

The title of these Regulations is the Paying Agency (National Assembly for Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006.

(2)

These Regulations come into force on 16 October 2006.

(3)

These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

2Amendment of the Paying Agency (National Assembly for Wales) Regulations 1999

(1)

The Paying Agency (National Assembly for Wales) Regulations 1999f1 are amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2)

For paragraphs (c), (e) and (g) of regulation 2 (Interpretation), substitute the following paragraphs—

“(c)

“Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 885/2006f2 laying down detailed rules for the application of the Council Regulation in relation to the accreditation of paying agencies”;

“(e)

“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005f3 on the financing of the common agricultural policy, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006f4;”;

“(g)

“paying agency” has the meaning it has in Article 6 of the Council Regulation;”.

Signature

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998f1

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

10 October 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of these Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Paying Agency (National Assembly for Wales) Regulations 1999 (“the 1999 Regulations”).

These Regulations apply in relation to Wales and to cross border agricultural holdings for which the National Assembly for Wales (“the Assembly”) is the responsible paying agency.

The 1999 Regulations enable the Assembly, if duly accredited for the purpose, to act as a UK paying agency in relation to the financing of the common agricultural policy.

These Regulations update the references made to European legislation in the 1999 Regulations.