
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2024.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
2 

(1) The Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(2)(b), in the definition of “Direct Payment Scheme” –
(a) in paragraph (ii) for the full stop substitute “, or”;
(b) after paragraph (ii) add –“
(iii) schemes for direct payment to farmers made under retained Regulation (EU) No.  1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 1698/2005.”.
3 
In regulation 2, omit “in so far as it relates to direct payment schemes”.
4 

(1) Retained Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No.  809/2014 with regard to the integrated administration and control system, rural development measures and cross compliance, is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 68, omit paragraph (4).
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 6th December 2023
(L.S.)Dr Jason Foy
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
