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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2025.
(2) They—
(a) come into force on the day which falls 21 days after the date on which they are made;
(b) extend to England and Wales but apply in relation to England only.
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In these Regulations, “the Delinked Payments Regulations” means the Agriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023.
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(1) Before paying a delinked payment to any person under regulation 9(1) of the Delinked Payments Regulations (making delinked payments) for the year beginning on 1st January 2025, the Secretary of State must reduce the amount calculated in respect of that person under paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to those Regulations (calculation of delinked payments) by the appropriate reduction percentage or percentages specified for that year.
(2) The appropriate reduction percentage or percentages referred to in paragraph (1) are the percentage amounts listed in the second column of the table under this paragraph when applied to the portion of the delinked payment described in the corresponding entry in the first column of that table.

Table
Portion of delinked payment Reduction percentage to be applied to the corresponding portion of the delinked payment
£30,000.00 or less 76%
Any amount above £30,000.00 100%
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For the purposes of a delinked payment payable to any person under regulation 9(1) of the Delinked Payments Regulations for the year beginning on 1st January 2025 only, in Part 3 of the Delinked Payments Regulations, references to a “delinked payment” are to be construed as references to the amount of any such payment as reduced by the reduction percentage or percentages that the Secretary of State is required to apply by virtue of regulation 3 of these Regulations.
Daniel Zeichner
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
8th May 2025