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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Direct Payments to Farmers (Penalty Simplification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and come into operation on 23rd June 2020.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
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(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 640/2014 is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 19a—
(a) For paragraph 2, substitute—“
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The administrative penalty referred to in paragraph 1 will be reduced by 50% if the difference between the area declared and the area determined does not exceed 10% of the area determined.”;
(b) Omit paragraph 3;
(c) In paragraph 4, for “paragraphs 1, 2 and 3” substitute “paragraphs 1 and 2”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on the 2nd June 2020.
Seamus McErlean
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
