The Hill Farm Allowance Regulations 2007

Made: 1st March 2007

Laid before Parliament: 5th March 2007

Coming into force: 26th March 2007

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Title, commencement and application

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Interpretation

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Payment of hill farm allowance

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Eligibility for hill farm allowance

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Condition as to continued use of land for the purposes of agriculture

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Amount of payment

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Deductions from relevant forage area

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Holdings situated partly outside England

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SCHEDULE 1 — Notional Livestock Density

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SCHEDULE 2 — Payment Rates Per Hectare

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Severely disadvantaged land (other than moorland or common land)

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Disadvantaged land (other than moorland or common land)

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Moorland or common land

SCHEDULE 3 — Deductions from Relevant Forage Area

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SCHEDULE 4 — Holdings situated partly outside England

Agency arrangements

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Set-off

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Apportionment of livestock units

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Apportionment of individual reference quantity of milk

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Apportionment of hectarage of land used for the purposes of agriculture

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SCHEDULE 5 — Relevant animals

Breeding cows

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Ewes

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Signed

Jeff Rooker — Minister of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 1st March 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations implement Council Regulation (EC) No. 1698/2005 (O.J. No. L 277, 21.10.2005, p.1) on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and Council Regulation (EC) No. 1257/1999 (O.J. No. L160, 26.6.1999, p.80) on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), in so far as those Regulations relate to less favoured areas.

In particular, these Regulations implement Article 36(a)(ii) of Council Regulation 1698/2005 and Articles 13, 14 and 15 of Council Regulation 1257/1999, which deal with support for less favoured areas, by defining the conditions of eligibility for hill farm allowance (regulations 3-5)and giving the rates at which it is to be paid (regulation 6 and Schedule 2).

The Regulations apply only in relation to holdings situated wholly or partly in England. Schedule 4 makes provision for holdings situated partly outside England.

Provisions relating to the enforcement of these Regulations are contained in the Rural Development (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/75).

Copies of the Rural Development National Strategy Plan for the United Kingdom are available at www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/publications/default.htm http://defraweb/erdp/docs/national/default.htmand from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Ergon House, Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2AL.

A regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared because the changes to the existing hill farm allowance scheme introduced by these Regulations will have a negligible impact on business and the voluntary sector.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1972/1811 and S.I. 1995/751.

[^f00002]: 1972 c.68.

[^f00003]: O.J. No. L141, 30.4.2004, p.18, as corrected by O.J. No. L 37, 10.2.2005, p. 22, and to which the last relevant amendment is Commission Regulation (EC) No. 659/2006 (O.J. No. L116, 29.4.2006, p. 20).

[^f00004]: 1965 c.64.

[^f00005]: O.J. No. L160, 26.6.1999, p.80, as last amended by Council Regulation 1698/2005.

[^f00006]: O.J. No. L277, 21.10.2005, p.1, to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00007]: O.J. No. L270, 21.10.2003, p.1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1156/2006 (O.J. No. L 208, 29.7.2006, p. 3).

[^f00008]: O.J. No. L345, 20.11.2004, p.1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1156/2006 (O.J. No. L 208, 29.7.2006, p. 3).

[^f00009]: O.J. No. L160, 26.6.1999, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003.

[^f00010]: S.Is. 2001/476, 2002/271, 2003/289, 2004/145, 2005/154 and 2006/225 as amended by S.I. 2006/518.

[^f00011]: The Rural Development National Strategy Plan for the United Kingdom is available at www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/publications/default.htm and from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Ergon House, Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2AL.

[^f00012]: S.I. 1998/871, as amended by S.I. 2006/1538. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

[^f00013]: O.J. No. L345, 20.11.2004, p.1, as corrected by O.J. No. L34, 8.2.2005. Other amendments are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00014]: S.I. 2002/2153, as amended by S.Is. 2003/29, 2003/502 and 2003/1728.

[^f00015]: S.I. 2005/3100, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

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Editorial notes

[^key-631ddd6c2abadbd3abd26edc9d114140]: Regulations revoked (15.2.2013) by The Uplands Transitional Payment Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/109), reg. 9(c)