- Enforced by
- DEFRA, Natural England, RPA
- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Prosecution 2 of 11 obligations carry a fine up to £2,500. 1 carries different penalties and 8 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person3
Plus 8 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
184 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
144 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
104 duties
Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
What it requires
Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
Part 1
Financial assistance
2 of 18 sections shown
s.004
Multi-annual financial assistance plans (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must publish multi-annual financial assistance plansCrown / Minister / Government department
s.005
Annual and other reports on amount of financial assistance given (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must publish annual reports on financial assistance givenCrown / Minister / Government department
16 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.010
Power to provide for the continuation of the basic payment scheme beyond 2020 (opens in a new tab)
Part 2
Food and agricultural markets
1 of 4 sections shown
s.019
Duty to report to Parliament on UK food security (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must report to Parliament on UK food securityCrown / Minister / Government department
3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 3
Transparency and fairness in the agri-food supply chain
3 of 10 sections shown
s.025
Requirement must specify purposes for which information may be processed (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Minister must specify valid purposes for information requestsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.026
Requirements under section 23(1): duty to publish draft requirement (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must consult on new agri-food data requirementsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.027
Provision of required information and limitations on its processing (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must protect commercial interests when disclosing dataCrown / Minister / Government department
7 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 4
Matters relating to farming and the countryside
1 of 4 sections shown
s.035
Red meat levy: payments between levy bodies in Great Britain (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Red meat levy bodies must comply with cross-border payment schemesStatutory regulator
3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 5
Agricultural products
4 of 6 sections shown
s.037
Marketing standards (opens in a new tab)
Prosecution
- Fail to comply with agricultural marketing standardsAny Person
Fine up to £2,500
s.038
Organic products (opens in a new tab)
Prosecution
- Breach of organic production, labelling, or import standardsAny Person
Unlimited fine
s.040
Carcass classification (opens in a new tab)
Prosecution
- Breach carcass classification and reporting rulesAny Person
Fine up to £2,500
s.042
Reports relating to free trade agreements (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must report on agricultural protections in trade dealsCrown / Minister / Government department
2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 6
WTO Agreement on Agriculture
0 of 3 sections shown3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 7
Wales and Northern Ireland
0 of 3 sections shown3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 8
General and final provisions
0 of 10 sections shown10 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Schedules
Schedules
0 of 101 shown101 other schedules
s.sch001
Dairy Beef Sheep Goats Pig Poultry Eggs Cereals Fruit and...
s.sch002
Schedule 3 to the Competition Act 1998 (general exclusions) is...
s.sch002
(1) Paragraph 9 (agricultural products) is amended as follows.
s.sch002
After paragraph 9, insert— (1) The Chapter 1 prohibition does not apply to an...
s.sch003
The Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 is amended as follows.
s.sch003
In section 35 (application of sections 36 to 48), in...
s.sch003
(1) Section 36 (right of any eligible person to apply...
s.sch003
In section 41 (application by not fully eligible person), in...
s.sch003
(1) Section 50 (right to apply for new tenancy on...
s.sch003
Omit section 58 (effect of direction under section 53 on...
s.sch003
(1) Section 59 (interpretation of Part 4) is amended as...
s.sch003
Omit Schedule 6 (eligibility to apply for new tenancy).
s.sch003
In section 39 (applications for tenancy of holding), for subsection...
s.sch003
(1) Section 53 (application for tenancy of holding by nominated...
s.sch003
In section 51 (cases excluded from operation of section 50(1))...
s.sch003
(1) Section 12 (arbitration or third party determination of rent)...
s.sch003
In section 53 (application for tenancy of holding by nominated...
s.sch003
(1) Section 94 (orders and regulations) is amended as follows....
s.sch003
The Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 is amended as follows.
s.sch003
(1) Section 12 (appointment of arbitrator) is amended as follows....
s.sch003
(1) Section 19 (references to arbitration of certain disputes) is...
s.sch003
(1) Section 22 (settlement of claims for disputes) is amended...
s.sch003
(1) Section 28 (resolution of disputes) is amended as follows....
s.sch003
(1) Section 30 (general provisions applying to arbitrations) is amended...
s.sch003
In section 38 (interpretation), in subsection (1), for the definition...
s.sch003
In section 39 (index)— (a) after the entry relating to...
s.sch003
(1) Schedule 2 (arbitration or third party determination of rent:...
s.sch003
In section 12 (arbitration or third party determination of rent),...
s.sch003
(1) Section 22 (rights to require certain records to be...
s.sch003
(1) Section 84 (arbitrations) is amended as follows.
s.sch003
Before section 20 insert— Disputes relating to requests for landlord's...
s.sch003
(1) In Schedule 2 (arbitration or third party determination of...
s.sch003
In Part 1 of Schedule 3 (cases where consent of...
s.sch004
Wine
s.sch004
Aromatised wine
s.sch004
Interpretation
s.sch004
Milk and milk products
s.sch004
Spreadable fats
s.sch004
Beef and veal
s.sch004
Poultry and poultrymeat
s.sch004
Eggs and egg products
s.sch004
Fruit and vegetables, other than olives
s.sch004
Olive oil and table olives
s.sch004
Hops
s.sch006
(1) This paragraph defines or explains expressions used in this...
s.sch006
(1) DAERA may require a person in, or closely connected...
s.sch006
(1) This paragraph has effect for the purposes of this...
s.sch006
(1) This paragraph applies to a requirement imposed under paragraph...
s.sch006
(1) Before a particular requirement is imposed under paragraph 10(1),...
s.sch006
(1) This paragraph applies to a requirement imposed under paragraph...
s.sch006
(1) DAERA may by regulations make provision for enforcement of...
s.sch006
(1) DAERA may by regulations, in relation to agricultural products...
s.sch006
(1) The agricultural products mentioned in paragraph 16(1) are products...
s.sch006
(1) DAERA may by regulations make provision about the classification,...
s.sch006
(1) This paragraph applies to a duty or power to...
s.sch006
(1) DAERA may by regulations modify legislation governing the basic...
s.sch006
(1) DAERA may by regulations modify legislation governing the basic...
s.sch006
(1) DAERA may by regulations modify legislation governing the coupled...
s.sch006
(1) DAERA may by regulations modify any of the following...
s.sch006
(1) DAERA may by regulations modify any of the following...
s.sch006
(1) DAERA may by regulations modify any of the following...
s.sch006
(1) Where DAERA considers that— (a) there is a severe...
s.sch006
(1) DAERA may by regulations modify assimilated direct legislation relating...
s.sch007
In consequence of the provision made by sections 20 and...
s.sch007
In Article 80 (oenological practices and methods of analysis), at...
s.sch007
In Article 86 (reservation, amendment and cancellation of optional reserved...
s.sch007
In Article 91 (implementing powers in accordance with the examination...
s.sch007
In Article 119 (labelling and presentation in the wine sector:...
s.sch007
In Article 122 (labelling and presentation in the wine sector:...
s.sch007
In Article 123 (implementing powers in accordance with the examination...
s.sch007
Regulations made by the European Commission under—
s.sch007
Regulations made by the European Commission under Section 1 or...
s.sch007
In consequence of the provision made in Part 5, the...
s.sch007
In consequence of the provision made in Part 4 of...
s.sch007
In Article 19 (public intervention and aid for private storage:...
s.sch007
In Article 20 (public intervention and aid for private storage:...
s.sch007
In Article 21 (public intervention and aid for private storage:...
s.sch007
In Article 73 (marketing standards: scope), at the end (and...
s.sch007
In Article 75 (marketing standards: establishment and content), at the...
s.sch007
In Article 78 (definitions, designations and sales descriptions for certain...
s.sch007
In Article 19 (public intervention and aid for private storage:...
s.sch007
In Article 80 (oenological practices and methods of analysis), at...
s.sch007
In Article 86 (reservation, amendment and cancellation of optional reserved...
s.sch007
In Article 91 (implementing powers in accordance with the examination...
s.sch007
In Article 119 (labelling and presentation in the wine sector:...
s.sch007
In Article 122 (labelling and presentation in the wine sector:...
s.sch007
In Article 123 (implementing powers in accordance with the examination...
s.sch007
Regulations made by the European Commission under—
s.sch007
Regulations made by the European Commission under Section 1 or...
s.sch007
In Article 20 (public intervention and aid for private storage:...
s.sch007
In Article 21 (public intervention and aid for private storage:...
s.sch007
In Article 73 (marketing standards: scope), at the end insert—...
s.sch007
In Article 75 (marketing standards: establishment and content), at the...
s.sch007
In Article 78 (definitions, designations and sales descriptions for certain...
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