LegalizeThe Common Agricultural Policy Direct Payments and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014
Made: 25th November 2014
Coming into operation: 1st January 2015
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Title, commencement and interpretation
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Standards of good agricultural and environmental condition
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Permanent Pasture
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Competent Control Authority
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Powers of authorised persons
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Assistance to authorised persons
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Offences and penalties
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Revocation
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SCHEDULE 1 — STANDARDS OF GOOD AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION
Establishment of buffer strips along water courses
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Irrigation Authorisations
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Protection of ground water against pollution
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Minimum soil cover
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Minimum land management reflecting site specific conditions to limit erosion
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Maintenance of soil organic matter levels
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Retention of landscape features
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Compliance with Statutory Provisions
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Interpretation
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SCHEDULE 2 — Regulations to be revoked
- The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200522.
- The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200623.
- The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200924.
- The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 201025.
- The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 201226.
- The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 201427.
Signed
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 25th November 2014
Andrew Elliott — A senior officer of the
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
S.I.2000/2812 to which there are amendments not relevant to the subject matter of these Regulations and S.I.2000/3238
O.J. No. L316 2.2.2009 p1
O.J. No. L347, 20.12.13, p608
O.J. No. L347, 20.12.13, p549
O.J. No. L316, 2.12.2009, p1
Article 7 was substituted by Article 280 of the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I.21)
Published by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development August 2008 ISBN Number 978-84807-068
O.J. No L206 22.7.92 p 7-50
O.J. No L20 26.01.10 p 7-25
O.J. No 103 25.04.79 p 1-18
S.I. 1991/1220 (N.I. 11): Article 65 has been amended by Article 26(1) of the Planning (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 S.I. 2003/430 (N.I. 8)
S.I. 1999/662 (N.I. 6) to which there are amendments not relevant to the subject matter of these Regulations
The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 .
The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 .
The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 .
The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 .
The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 .
The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 .
Editorial notes
Regulations revoked (1.1.2026) by The Farm Sustainability Standards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/165), regs. 1(1), 11(1) (with reg. 11(2))
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