Agriculture Act 2020
Agriculture Act 2020 (2020 c. 21)
- Agriculture Act 2020 (2020 c. 21)
- PART 1 Financial assistance
- CHAPTER 1 New financial assistance powers
- 1 Secretary of State's powers to give financial assistance
- 2 Financial assistance: forms, conditions, delegation and publication of information
- 3 Financial assistance: checking, enforcing and monitoring
- 4 Multi-annual financial assistance plans
- 5 Annual and other reports on amount of financial assistance given
- 6 Monitoring impact of financial assistance etc
- CHAPTER 2 Direct payments after EU exit
- 7 Meaning of “basic payment scheme” and other expressions in Chapter 2
- 8 The agricultural transition period for England and the termination of relevant payments
- 9 Power to modify legislation governing the basic payment scheme
- 10 Power to provide for the continuation of the basic payment scheme beyond 2020
- 11 Power to provide for phasing out direct payments
- 12 Power to make delinked payments
- 13 Power to provide for lump sum payments in lieu of relevant payments
- CHAPTER 3 Other financial support after EU exit
- 14 General provision connected with payments to farmers and other beneficiaries
- 15 Aid for fruit and vegetable producer organisations
- 16 Support for rural development
- 17 Continuing EU programmes: power to provide financial assistance
- 18 Assimilated direct legislation
- PART 2 Food and agricultural markets
- CHAPTER 1 Food security
- 19 Duty to report to Parliament on UK food security
- CHAPTER 2 Intervention in agricultural markets
- 20 Declaration relating to exceptional market conditions
- 21 Exceptional market conditions: powers available to Secretary of State
- 22 Modification of certain assimilated direct legislation in connection with exceptional market conditions and for general purposes
- PART 3 Transparency and fairness in the agri-food supply chain
- CHAPTER 1 Collection and sharing of data
- 23 Agri-food supply chains: requirement to provide information
- 24 Meaning of “agri-food supply chain”
- 25 Requirement must specify purposes for which information may be processed
- 26 Requirements under section 23(1): duty to publish draft requirement
- 27 Provision of required information and limitations on its processing
- 28 Enforcement of information requirements
- CHAPTER 2 Fair dealing with agricultural producers and others in the supply chain
- 29 Fair dealing obligations of business purchasers of agricultural products
- CHAPTER 3 Producer organisations
- 30 Producer and interbranch organisations etc: application for recognition
- 31 Recognised organisations: competition exemptions and further provision
- 32 Regulations under sections 30 and 31
- PART 4 Matters relating to farming and the countryside
- 33 Fertilisers
- 34 Identification and traceability of animals
- 35 Red meat levy: payments between levy bodies in Great Britain
- 36 Agricultural tenancies
- PART 5 Agricultural products
- 37 Marketing standards
- 38 Organic products
- 39 Organic products: supplementary
- 40 Carcass classification
- 41 Power to reproduce modifications under section 37 for wine sector
- 42 Reports relating to free trade agreements
- PART 6 WTO Agreement on Agriculture
- 43 Power to make regulations for securing compliance with WTO Agreement on Agriculture: general
- 44 Regulations under section 43: limits on provision of domestic support in the United Kingdom
- 45 Regulations under section 43: classification of domestic support
- PART 7 Wales and Northern Ireland
- 46 Wales
- 47 Duration of provision in relation to Wales
- 48 Northern Ireland
- PART 8 General and final provisions
- 49 Data protection
- 50 Regulations
- 51 Interpretation
- 52 Consequential amendments
- 53 Power to make consequential etc provision
- 54 Power to make transitional etc provision
- 55 Financial provision
- 56 Extent
- 57 Commencement
- 58 Short title
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Agricultural sectors relevant to producer organisation provisions
- SCHEDULE 2 Recognised organisations: competition exclusions
- SCHEDULE 3 Agricultural tenancies
- PART 1 Amendments to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986
- Introductory
- Notices relating to third party determination of rent
- Appointment of arbitrators etc
- Requests for landlord's consent or variation of terms
- Arbitration or third party determination of rent: relevant factors
- Notices to quit: cases where consent of tribunal not required
- Succession on death or retirement: condition relating to occupation of commercial unit
- Succession on death or retirement: condition relating to suitability
- Succession on retirement: minimum age of retiring tenant
- Regulations and orders
- PART 2 Amendments to the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995
- Introductory
- Appointment of arbitrators
- SCHEDULE 4 Agricultural products relevant to marketing standards provisions
- Milk and milk products
- Spreadable fats
- Beef and veal
- Poultry and poultrymeat
- Eggs and egg products
- Fruit and vegetables, other than olives
- Olive oil and table olives
- Hops
- Wine
- Aromatised wine
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 5 Provision relating to Wales
- PART 1 Financial support after EU exit
- Direct payments after EU exit: interpretation
- Power to modify legislation governing the basic payment scheme
- Power to provide for the continuation of the basic payment scheme beyond 2020
- Other financial support: modification in relation to Wales of general provision connected with payments to farmers and other beneficiaries
- Apiculture
- Support for rural development: modification of legislation in relation to Wales
- PART 2 Intervention in agricultural markets
- Declaration relating to exceptional market conditions
- Exceptional market conditions: powers available to Welsh Ministers
- Power to modify retained direct EU legislation relating to public market intervention and private storage aid
- PART 3 Collection and sharing of data
- Agri-food supply chains: requirement to provide information
- Meaning of “agri-food supply chain”
- Requirement must specify purposes for which information may be processed
- Requirements under paragraph 10(1): duty to publish draft requirement
- Provision of required information and limitations on its processing
- Enforcement of information requirements
- PART 4 Marketing standards and carcass classification
- Marketing standards
- Agricultural products
- Carcass classification
- PART 5 Data protection
- SCHEDULE 6 Provision relating to Northern Ireland
- PART 1 Financial support after EU exit
- Direct payments after EU Exit: interpretation
- Power to modify legislation governing the basic payment scheme
- Power to provide for the continuation of the basic payment scheme beyond 2020
- Power to modify legislation governing the coupled support scheme
- General provision connected with payments to farmers and other beneficiaries: modification in relation to Northern Ireland
- Apiculture
- Support for rural development: modification of legislation in relation to Northern Ireland
- PART 2 Intervention in agricultural markets
- Exceptional market conditions: powers available to DAERA
- Power to modify assimilated direct legislation relating to public market intervention and private storage aid
- PART 3 Collection and sharing of data
- Agri-food supply chains: requirement to provide information
- Meaning of “agri-food supply chain”
- Requirement must specify purposes for which information may be processed
- Requirements under paragraph 10(1): duty to publish draft requirement
- Provision of required information and limitations on its processing
- Enforcement of information requirements
- PART 4 Marketing standards and carcass classification
- Marketing standards
- Agricultural products
- Carcass classification
- PART 5 Data protection
- SCHEDULE 7 The CMO Regulation: consequential amendments
- PART 1 Exceptional market conditions: England
- PART 2 Exceptional market conditions: Wales
- PART 3 Marketing standards and carcass classification: England
- PART 4 Marketing standards and carcass classification: Wales
- PART 5 Marketing standards and carcass classification: Northern Ireland
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