Regulation 2 Amendment of the Horizontal RegulationI1

Scotland

(1)

(2)

In Article 75 for paragraph 2 substitute—

“Payments referred to in paragraph 1 may be made after the administrative checks referred to in Article 74 have been finalised.”.

Annotations

f1: EUR 2013/1306 (“the Horizontal Regulation”) was incorporated into domestic law on exit day by section 1 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (c. 2), insofar as it relates to direct payment support. Insofar as it relates to agricultural support, the Horizontal Regulation was incorporated into domestic law on IP completion day by section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16). The Horizontal Regulation was relevantly amended in relation to direct payment support by S.I. 2020/90 and in relation to agricultural support by S.I. 2019/748, S.I. 2019/763 and S.S.I. 2021/72. Regulation 2 of S.I. 2020/1445 makes further provision in respect of the effect of the Horizontal Regulation on IP completion day. The term “appropriate authority” in relation to Scotland means the Scottish Ministers as per Article 2(1)(m), as read with Article 2(1)(k) of the Horizontal Regulation. Due to a drafting error in S.I. 2020/1445 the definition of “appropriate authority” in Article 2(1)(m) was not inserted into the Horizontal Regulation, insofar as it relates to agricultural support, on IP completion day. This error was corrected and the definition later inserted by S.I. 2022/190.