Welsh Statutory Instrument SI 2014 Wales

The Common Agricultural Policy (Integrated Administration and Control System and Enforcement and Cross Compliance) (Wales) Regulations 2014

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Enforced by
NRW
Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 1 of 20 obligations carry a criminal penalty. 1 carries different penalties and 18 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person17 Employee1 Director or Officer1

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Any Person — also bound by 2684 other Acts
Employee — also bound by 193 other Acts
Director or Officer — also bound by 482 other Acts
Companies Act 2006 126 duties

What it requires

Regulations 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

INTRODUCTION

0 of 2 sections shown
2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.001 Title, application and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
Part 2

INTEGRATED ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM AND ENFORCEMENT

3 of 10 sections shown
s.009 Assistance to authorised persons Regulated
  • Give authorised officers reasonable assistance during inspectionsEmployee
s.010 Offences and penalties Prosecution
  • Obstruct CAP enforcement or supply false informationAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.011 Liability of directors etc Regulated
  • Consent to or neglect a company's CAP offenceDirector or Officer
7 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.003 Applications
s.004 Minimum size of agricultural area
s.005 Recovery of undue payments
s.006 Interest
s.007 Powers of entry
s.008 Powers of inspection etc
s.012 Offences by bodies corporate, partnerships and unincorporated associations
Part 3

CROSS COMPLIANCE

1 of 2 sections shown
s.014 Competent control authorities Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Relevant authorities must report cross-compliance checks and notify non-complianceStatutory regulator
1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.013 Standards for good agricultural and environmental condition
Part 4

FINAL PROVISIONS

0 of 1 section shown
1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.015 Revocations and savings
Schedules

Schedules

16 of 18 shown
s.sch001 Establishment of buffer strips along water courses Regulated
  • Keep fertiliser, pesticides and manure away from watercourses and wellsAny Person
s.sch001 Environmental impact assessment Regulated
  • Comply with EIA rules for uncultivated/semi-natural land projectsAny Person
s.sch001 (1) A beneficiary must not carry out, on any land,... Regulated
  • Get consent for EIA forestry projects and comply with enforcement noticesAny Person
s.sch001 Retention of landscape features - scheduled monuments Regulated
  • Get scheduled monument consent before works and comply with conditionsAny Person
s.sch001 Retention of other landscape features Regulated
  • Do not remove or damage landscape features without permissionAny Person
s.sch001 Retention of landscape features - ban on cutting hedges and trees Regulated
  • Don't cut or trim hedgerows or trees from 1 March to 31 AugustAny Person
s.sch001 Retention of landscape features - felling of trees Regulated
  • Do not fell trees without a felling licence and comply with Forestry Act noticesAny Person
s.sch001 Converting, ploughing or reseeding land designated as environmentally sensitive permanent grassland Regulated
  • Get NRW consent before ploughing or reseeding environmentally sensitive grasslandAny Person
s.sch001 Abstraction of water for irrigation Regulated
  • Do not abstract water for irrigation without a valid licenceAny Person
s.sch001 Protection of groundwater Regulated
  • Do not cause or knowingly permit groundwater activities without an environmental permitAny Person
s.sch001 Minimum soil cover Regulated
  • Keep all land covered with crops, stubble or residuesAny Person
s.sch001 Minimum land management reflecting site specific conditions to limit erosion Regulated
  • Prevent soil erosion on your land and submit rough surface risk assessmentAny Person
s.sch001 (1) A beneficiary must not carry out a mechanical field... Regulated
  • Don't use machinery on waterlogged soil unless an exception appliesAny Person
s.sch001 Maintenance of soil organic matter Regulated
  • Do not burn crop residues unless permitted and with prior consentAny Person
s.sch001 A beneficiary must not, on any agricultural area, burn— Regulated
  • Don't burn crop residues or linseed residues on agricultural landAny Person
s.sch001 Heather and grass burning Regulated
  • Do not burn heather/grass at night or in closed season without licence and planAny Person
2 other schedules
s.sch002 Any action carried out under a commitment under—
s.sch002 Any action carried out on the land—

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