Citation, commencement, extent and application

regulation 1 + 1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2025.

(2) They—

regulation 1 2 a + (a)come into force on the day which falls 21 days after the date on which they are made;

regulation 1 2 b + (b)extend to England and Wales but apply in relation to England only.

Interpretation

term the delinked payments regulations + regulation 2 + 2.  In these Regulations, “the Delinked Payments Regulations” means the Agriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023(2).

Reductions to be applied to delinked payments for the year 2025

regulation 3 + 3.—(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.

Modification of Part 3 of the Delinked Payments Regulations

regulation 4 + 4.  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.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make further provision in connection with the introduction of delinked payments by the Agriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1430) (“the Delinked Payments Regulations”) to that made by the Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/691). They extend to England and Wales but apply in relation to England only.

Regulation 3 requires the Secretary of State to make reductions to the amount of a delinked payment calculated by the Secretary of State in respect of a person under paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Delinked Payments Regulations for the year beginning on 1st January 2025. The Secretary of State must reduce the portion of a person’s delinked payment that is specified in column 1 of the table under regulation 3(2) by the reduction percentage or percentages that are specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table.

Regulation 4 modifies references to a “delinked payment” in Part 3 of the Delinked Payments Regulations so that they are to be construed as references to the amount of a delinked payment after the application of the reduction percentage or percentages applied by the Secretary of State to that payment by virtue of regulation 3 of these Regulations.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.