Legislation – The Direct Payments to Farmers (Controls) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2020

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Introduction

1 Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

2 Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 809/2014

Signature

Explanatory note

2020 No. 244
Agriculture

The Direct Payments to Farmers (Controls) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2020

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 62(2)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy1, and all other powers enabling them to do so.
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Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013 (“the Horizontal Regulation”) was incorporated into domestic law, insofar as it relates to the CAP direct payment schemes for claim year 2020, by the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (c.2). Article 62(2) was amended by regulation 7(4)(b) of S.I. 2020/90. 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. Article 2(1)(k) and (m) was inserted by regulation 2(a)(iii) of S.I. 2020/90.