Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. No. 66 of 2014)

Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. S T A T U T O R Y R U L E S O F N O R T H E R N I R E L A N D 2014 No. 66 AGRICULTURE The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 Made - - - - 5th March 2014 Coming into force - - 1st April 2014 The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, being a Department designated (1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community and in relation to the promotion of rural development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2), hereby makes the following Regulations. Title and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 and shall come into operation on 1 April 2014. Interpretation 2. (1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (3)shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly (2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010(4). Amendment to the principal Regulations 3. The Principal Regulations shall be amended as provided in regulation 4. 4. In regulation 7 (Transfers), substitute “Transfers (1) S.I. 200/2182 to which there are amendments not relevant to the subject to the subject matter of these Regulations; and S.I. 2000/3238 (2) 1972 c.68 (3) 1954 c.33 (N.I.) (4) S.R. 2010 No. 161 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/2182 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2000/3238 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2000/3238 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/68 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/33 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2010/161 Document Generated: 2014-03-10 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. 2 7. For the purposes of Article 12(3) of Commission Regulation 1120/2009 (5), a transferor of a payment entitlement must notify the transfer to the competent authority that allocated that entitlement by 2 May 2014.”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 5 March 2014 A. Elliott A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (5) O.J. No. L3 16, 02.12.2009,p1 Document Generated: 2014-03-10 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. 3 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (“the principal Regulations”). The principal Regulations make provision in Northern Ireland for the administration of Council Regulations (EC) No. 73/2009 (O.J. L30, 31.01.2009, p 16), and other associated Community instruments in relation to direct support schemes under the Common Agricultural Policy. These Regulations replace and substitute regulation 7 (Transfers) of the principal Regulations by removing provisions relating to the requirement for the transfer of payment entitlements within specified time limits and replacing them with the requirement for the transfer of payment entitlements to be communicated by the transferor by 2 May 2014. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/regulation/2009/0073 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/regulation/2009/0073