Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (Chapter 2 of 2020). Country/Territory United Kingdom Document type Legislation Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to make provision for the incorporation of the Direct Payments Regulation into domestic law; for enabling an increase in the total maximum amount of direct payments under that Regulation; and for connected purposes. Subject Agricultural & rural development, Environment gen., Land & soil, Cultivated plants Keyword Agricultural development Subsidy/incentive Farming Less favoured areas Financial agricultural measures Climate change Ecosystem preservation Soil conservation/soil improvement EIA Plant production Fertilizers/nutrients Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract The Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act provides the legal basis to continue paying EU Direct Payments to farmers in 2020. This is necessary because under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement (WA) the EU Direct Payments legislation will not apply in the UK for the 2020 claim year. The Act domesticates the EU Direct Payments legislation, as it stands on 31 January 2020, into UK law. It includes time-limited powers. It contains a power to make secondary legislation to make corrections to that body of law to make it operable once the UK has left the EU. It also contains a discretionary power to enable amendments to be made, during 2020, to the law this Act domesticates if, for example, there are amendments to the equivalent European law that the Secretary of State or the devolved administrations wish to replicate. There is also a power for the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to enable them to continue to move towards a uniform unit value of payment entitlements. The Act also amends the EU Direct Payments legislation to enable an increase to the Direct Payments financial ceilings for the 2020 scheme year to take account of the findings of a review concerning the allocation of farm support funding in the UK. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implemented by Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 463 of 2020). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2020 Keyword: Financial agricultural measures, Subsidy/incentive Source: FAO, FAOLEX Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments to Farmers) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (W.S.I. No. No. 104 (W. 17) of 2020). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2020 Keyword: Agricultural development, Subsidy/incentive, Farming, Less favoured areas, Financial agricultural measures, Climate change, Ecosystem preservation, Soil conservation/soil improvement, EIA, Plant production, Fertilizers/nutrients Source: FAO, FAOLEX