Schedule 2, paragraph 10

The Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 is amended as follows. In section 2 (interpretation and status)— in subsection (1)— for “retained EU” substitute “assimilated”; for “EU law retained under that Act” substitute “assimilated law within the meaning given by that section”; in subsection (3)— for “retained direct EU” substitute “assimilated direct”; for “direct EU legislation retained under that Act” substitute “assimilated direct legislation within the meaning given by section 20(1) of that Act”; in subsection (5), in the table— in the entry for “retained EU law”, for “retained EU” (in each place it appears) substitute “assimilated”; in the entry for “retained direct EU legislation”, for “retained direct EU” (in each place it appears) substitute “assimilated direct”; in the entry for “retained direct principal EU legislation”, for “retained direct principal EU” substitute “assimilated direct principal”; in the entry for “retained direct minor EU legislation”, for “retained direct minor EU” substitute “assimilated direct minor” and for “retained direct EU” substitute “assimilated direct”; in subsection (6)— for “retained” (in the first and second places it appears) substitute “assimilated”; in paragraph (a), for “2, 3 or 4” substitute “2 or 3”; in subsection (7), for “retained EU” (in each place it appears) substitute “assimilated”; in subsection (8)(b), for “retained direct EU” substitute “assimilated direct”; in subsection (10)— in the definition of “retained EU law governing the CAP direct payment schemes”, for “retained EU” substitute “assimilated”; in the definition of “retained direct EU CAP legislation”, for “retained direct EU” substitute “assimilated direct”. In section 3 (regulations), in subsections (4), (9) and (10), for “retained EU” substitute “assimilated”. In section 8 (interpretation)— before the definition of “CAP direct payment schemes” insert— “assimilated direct CAP legislation” has the meaning given by section 2; “assimilated law governing the CAP direct payment schemes” has the meaning given by section 2; in the definition of “enactment”, in paragraph (d), for “retained direct EU” substitute “assimilated direct”; omit the definitions of “retained direct EU CAP legislation” and “retained EU law governing the CAP direct payment schemes”. In Schedule 1 (consequential provision)— omit paragraphs 3 to 6; in paragraph 7— the existing text becomes sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph; before sub-paragraph (2), insert— Sub-paragraph (2) applies in relation to the definitions of “assimilated law”, “assimilated direct legislation”, “assimilated direct minor legislation” and “assimilated direct principal legislation” in each of— Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978; section 55(2B)(d) of and Schedule 1 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10); Schedule 1 to the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 4); section 44A of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33 (N.I.). in sub-paragraph (2), for “For the purposes of the definitions amended by paragraphs 3 to 6” substitute “For the purposes of those definitions”; in paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (2), for “retained EU” substitute “assimilated”; in paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (2), for “retained direct EU” substitute “assimilated direct”; in paragraphs (c) and (d) of sub-paragraph (2), for “retained direct principal EU” substitute “assimilated direct principal”; in paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (2), for “retained direct minor EU” substitute “assimilated direct minor”; In paragraph 8— omit “3 or”; for “the terms mentioned in paragraph 3” substitute ““assimilated law”, “assimilated direct legislation”, “assimilated direct minor legislation” and “assimilated direct principal legislation””.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30