
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Organic Farming (Aid) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st August 1998.
2 
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Organic Farming (Aid) Regulations 1994.
3 
The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with regulations 4 to 6 below.
4 
In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations, in the definition of “Council Regulation 2092/91”, for the words “Commission Regulation (EC) No. 418/96” there shall be substituted “Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1488/97”.
5 
In regulation 3 of the principal Regulations, there shall be inserted, after paragraph (1), the following paragraph–“
(1A) Paragraph (1) above is subject to–
(a) Article 20(3) of the Commission Regulation (which requires a person who, intentionally or by reason of gross negligence, makes a false declaration to be excluded from all aid under Council Regulation 2078/92); and
(b) in respect of an application made on or after 1st January 1997, Article 10 of the Commission Regulation (which restricts duplication of aid payments).”.
6 
For regulation 9 of the principal Regulations (aid payments to be made in arrear) and the heading thereto there shall be substituted the following regulation and heading–“
9 

(1) Subject to Article 14(3) of the Commission Regulation (which requires payments to be made on the basis of an annual request for payment), any payment of aid made by the Minister to a beneficiary pursuant to these Regulations shall be made in respect of a whole year, but may be made at any time during the year in respect of which it is made.
(2) Any request for the payment of aid shall be made at such time and in such form and shall contain such information as the Minister reasonably may direct.”
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
2nd July 1998Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales,
Win Griffiths
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
2nd July 1998