LegalizeThe Organic Farming (England Rural Development Programme) Regulations 2003
Made: 6th May 2003
Laid before Parliament: 6th May 2003
Coming into force: 30th May 2003
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Title, application and commencement
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Interpretation
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Applications for grant
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Approval of application
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Common conditions of eligibility
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Additional conditions of eligibility
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Undertakings
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Amount of grant
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Claims for grant
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Conditions of grant
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Amendment of the England Rural Development Programme (Enforcement) Regulations2000/3044
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Revocation
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SCHEDULE 1 — OBLIGATIONS
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SCHEDULE 2 — CALCULATION OF GRANT
PART 1 — Conversion grant
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PART 2 — Training sum
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| In the first year | £300 |
| In the second year | £200 |
| In the third year | £100 |
PART 3 — Maintenance grant
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| In this Schedule — “AAPS-eligible land” means land which is “eligible land” within the meaning of the Arable Area Payments Regulations 1996[^f00012], other than managed land; “heath” means an area of grass, shrubs or trees growing on acidic, sandy soil; “managed land” means, in relation to any year of the specified period, any land which, at the beginning of that year, is subject to an agreement— which was entered into before the start of the specified period; and under which the applicant agreed to manage the land and not to apply over a period of five years more than the respective maximum quantities of inorganic and organic fertilisers; “the maximum quantities”, in relation to inorganic fertilisers, means, in the case of nitrogen, 75 kilograms per hectare, in the case of the phosphate fertiliser P2O5, 35 kilograms per hectare, and, in the case of the potassium fertiliser K2O, 35 kilograms per hectare, and, in relation to organic fertilisers, means 25 tonnes per hectare; “moorland” means land covered by semi-natural upland vegetation; “other improved land” means any land other than top fruit orchards, AAPS-eligible land, land planted to permanent crops or unimproved land; “permanent crops” means any crops which occupy the soil for a period of five years or more and yield crops over several years; and “unimproved land” means— moorland or heath; or land used for grazing— which is managed land; or which is not AAPS-eligible land and which, in the five years preceding the date of the application, received total applications of less than the respective maximum quantities of inorganic and organic fertilisers. | In this Schedule — “AAPS-eligible land” means land which is “eligible land” within the meaning of the Arable Area Payments Regulations 1996[^f00012], other than managed land; “heath” means an area of grass, shrubs or trees growing on acidic, sandy soil; “managed land” means, in relation to any year of the specified period, any land which, at the beginning of that year, is subject to an agreement— which was entered into before the start of the specified period; and under which the applicant agreed to manage the land and not to apply over a period of five years more than the respective maximum quantities of inorganic and organic fertilisers; “the maximum quantities”, in relation to inorganic fertilisers, means, in the case of nitrogen, 75 kilograms per hectare, in the case of the phosphate fertiliser P2O5, 35 kilograms per hectare, and, in the case of the potassium fertiliser K2O, 35 kilograms per hectare, and, in relation to organic fertilisers, means 25 tonnes per hectare; “moorland” means land covered by semi-natural upland vegetation; “other improved land” means any land other than top fruit orchards, AAPS-eligible land, land planted to permanent crops or unimproved land; “permanent crops” means any crops which occupy the soil for a period of five years or more and yield crops over several years; and “unimproved land” means— moorland or heath; or land used for grazing— which is managed land; or which is not AAPS-eligible land and which, in the five years preceding the date of the application, received total applications of less than the respective maximum quantities of inorganic and organic fertilisers. |
| Top fruit orchards | £30 per hectare |
| AAPS-eligible land and land planted to permanent crops: | £30 per hectare |
| Other improved land | £23 per hectare |
| Unimproved land | £5 per hectare |
Signed
Michael Meacher — Minister of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 6th May 2003
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: S.I 1972/1811.
[^f00002]: 1972 C. 68.
[^f00003]: OJ No. L198, 22.7.1991, p.1.
[^f00004]: OJ No. L85, 2.4.2003, p.15.
[^f00005]: OJ No. L160, 26.6.1999, p.80.
[^f00006]: OJ No. L74, 15.3.2002, p.1.
[^f00007]: S.I. 1994/1721 as amended by S.I. 1996/3109 and 1998/1606.
[^f00008]: S.I. 1999/590 as amended by S.I. 1999/2735 and 1999/2933.
[^f00009]: S.I. 2001/432 as amended by S.I. 2000/3139.
[^f00010]: S.I. 2000/3044 as amended by S.I. 2001/431.
[^f00011]: S.I. 2001/432 as amended by S.I. 2001/3139.
[^f00012]: 1996/3142, amended by S.I. 1997/2969, S.I. 1998/3169 and S.I. 1999/8.
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Editorial notes
[^key-b897a35be579579d871272eec3b6612f]: Regulations revoked (2.4.2005) by The Environmental Stewardship (England) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/621), regs. 1, 10(1) (with reg. 10(2))
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