The Direct Payments to Farmers (Review of Decisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Explanatory note

Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.

These Regulations enable the Department to establish procedures for the review of a relevant decision made by the Department under any of the Direct Payment Schemes under the instruments listed in Regulation 2 of these Regulations.

These instruments refer to both direct payments to farmers under support schemes previously within the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union and as incorporated into domestic law by section 1 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020, and rural development payments made in pursuance of schemes within the framework of the Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme 2014-2020.

The procedures to be established under these Regulations may include consideration by persons appointed by the Department with a view to their making a decision as to how the matter should ultimately be determined.

The Regulations confer power to pay remuneration and allowances to any such persons appointed, and to charge a fee in respect of the costs of the procedures.