http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/21/contentsAgriculture Act 2020An Act to authorise expenditure for certain agricultural and other purposes; to make provision about direct payments following the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union and about payments in response to exceptional market conditions affecting agricultural markets; to confer power to modify retained direct EU legislation relating to agricultural and rural development payments and public market intervention and private storage aid; to make provision about reports on food security; to make provision about the acquisition and use of information connected with food supply chains; to confer powers to make regulations about the imposition of obligations on business purchasers of agricultural products, marketing standards, organic products and the classification of carcasses; to make provision for reports relating to free trade agreements; to make provision for the recognition of associations of agricultural producers which may benefit from certain exemptions from competition law; to make provision about fertilisers; to make provision about the identification and traceability of animals; to make provision about red meat levy in Great Britain; to make provision about agricultural tenancies; to confer power to make regulations about securing compliance with the WTO Agreement on Agriculture; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-09-19Expert Participation2024-09-01Agriculture Act 2020s. 47(6)The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023Sch. para. 93(2)(j)reg. 1(2)Agriculture Act 2020s. 47(8)The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023Sch. para. 93(2)(j)reg. 1(2)Agriculture Act 2020Sch. 5 para. 1The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023Sch. para. 93(2)(n)reg. 1(2)Agriculture Act 2020Sch. 5 para. 4The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023Sch. para. 93(2)(n)reg. 1(2)Agriculture Act 2020Sch. 5 para. 5The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023Sch. para. 93(2)(n)reg. 1(2)Agriculture Act 2020Sch. 5 para. 6The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023Sch. para. 93(2)(n)reg. 1(2)Agriculture Act 2020Sch. 5 para. 8The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023Sch. para. 93(2)(n)reg. 1(2)Agriculture Act 2020Sch. 5 para. 9The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023Sch. para. 93(2)(n)reg. 1(2)Agriculture Act 2020s. 42(4A)(4B)Trade Act 2021s. 9(2)s. 18(2)-(4)Agriculture Act 2020s. 42(5)Trade Act 2021s. 9(3)(a)s. 18(2)-(4)Agriculture Act 2020s. 42(5)Trade Act 2021s. 9(3)(b)s. 18(2)-(4)Agriculture Act 2020s. 42(5)(d)Trade Act 2021s. 9(3)(c)s. 18(2)-(4)Agriculture Act 2020s. 42(6A)-(6C)Trade Act 2021s. 9(4)s. 18(2)-(4)Agriculture Act 2020PART 1Financial assistanceCHAPTER 1New financial assistance powers1Secretary of State's powers to give financial assistance2Financial assistance: forms, conditions, delegation and publication of information3Financial assistance: checking, enforcing and monitoring4Multi-annual financial assistance plans5Annual and other reports on amount of financial assistance given6Monitoring impact of financial assistance etcCHAPTER 2Direct payments after EU exit7Meaning of “basic payment scheme” and other expressions in Chapter 28The agricultural transition period for England and the termination of relevant payments9Power to modify legislation governing the basic payment scheme10Power to provide for the continuation of the basic payment scheme beyond 202011Power to provide for phasing out direct payments12Power to make delinked payments13Power to provide for lump sum payments in lieu of relevant paymentsCHAPTER 3Other financial support after EU exit14General provision connected with payments to farmers and other beneficiaries15Aid for fruit and vegetable producer organisations16Support for rural development17Continuing EU programmes: power to provide financial assistance18Assimilated direct legislationPART 2Food and agricultural marketsCHAPTER 1Food security19Duty to report to Parliament on UK food securityCHAPTER 2Intervention in agricultural markets20Declaration relating to exceptional market conditions21Exceptional market conditions: powers available to Secretary of State22Modification of certain assimilated direct legislation in connection with exceptional market conditions and for general purposesPART 3Transparency and fairness in the agri-food supply chainCHAPTER 1Collection and sharing of data23Agri-food supply chains: requirement to provide information24Meaning of “agri-food supply chain”25Requirement must specify purposes for which information may be processed26Requirements under section 23(1): duty to publish draft requirement27Provision of required information and limitations on its processing28Enforcement of information requirementsCHAPTER 2Fair dealing with agricultural producers and others in the supply chain29Fair dealing obligations of business purchasers of agricultural productsCHAPTER 3Producer organisations30Producer and interbranch organisations etc: application for recognition31Recognised organisations: competition exemptions and further provision32Regulations under sections 30 and 31PART 4Matters relating to farming and the countryside33Fertilisers34Identification and traceability of animals35Red meat levy: payments between levy bodies in Great Britain36Agricultural tenanciesPART 5Agricultural products37Marketing standards38Organic products39Organic products: supplementary40Carcass classification41Power to reproduce modifications under section 37 for wine sector42Reports relating to free trade agreementsPART 6WTO Agreement on Agriculture43Power to make regulations for securing compliance with WTO Agreement on Agriculture: general44Regulations under section 43: limits on provision of domestic support in the United Kingdom45Regulations under section 43: classification of domestic supportPART 7Wales and Northern Ireland46Wales47Duration of provision in relation to Wales48Northern IrelandPART 8General and final provisions49Data protection50Regulations51Interpretation52Consequential amendments53Power to make consequential etc provision54Power to make transitional etc provision55Financial provision56Extent57Commencement58Short titleSCHEDULESSCHEDULE 1Agricultural sectors relevant to producer organisation provisionsDairy Beef Sheep Goats Pig Poultry Eggs Cereals Fruit and...SCHEDULE 2Recognised organisations: competition exclusions1Schedule 3 to the Competition Act 1998 (general exclusions) is...2(1) Paragraph 9 (agricultural products) is amended as follows. 3After paragraph 9, insert— (1) The Chapter 1 prohibition does not apply to an...SCHEDULE 3Agricultural tenanciesPART 1Amendments to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986Introductory1The Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 is amended as follows. Notices relating to third party determination of rent2(1) Section 12 (arbitration or third party determination of rent)...3(1) Schedule 2 (arbitration or third party determination of rent:...Appointment of arbitrators etc4In section 12 (arbitration or third party determination of rent),...5(1) Section 22 (rights to require certain records to be...6(1) Section 84 (arbitrations) is amended as follows. Requests for landlord's consent or variation of terms7Before section 20 insert— Disputes relating to requests for landlord's...Arbitration or third party determination of rent: relevant factors8(1) In Schedule 2 (arbitration or third party determination of...Notices to quit: cases where consent of tribunal not required9In Part 1 of Schedule 3 (cases where consent of...Succession on death or retirement: condition relating to occupation of commercial unit10In section 35 (application of sections 36 to 48), in...11(1) Section 36 (right of any eligible person to apply...12In section 41 (application by not fully eligible person), in...13(1) Section 50 (right to apply for new tenancy on...14Omit section 58 (effect of direction under section 53 on...15(1) Section 59 (interpretation of Part 4) is amended as...16Omit Schedule 6 (eligibility to apply for new tenancy). Succession on death or retirement: condition relating to suitability17In section 39 (applications for tenancy of holding), for subsection...18(1) Section 53 (application for tenancy of holding by nominated...Succession on retirement: minimum age of retiring tenant19In section 51 (cases excluded from operation of section 50(1))...20In section 53 (application for tenancy of holding by nominated...Regulations and orders21(1) Section 94 (orders and regulations) is amended as follows....PART 2Amendments to the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995Introductory22The Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 is amended as follows. Appointment of arbitrators23(1) Section 12 (appointment of arbitrator) is amended as follows....24(1) Section 19 (references to arbitration of certain disputes) is...25(1) Section 22 (settlement of claims for disputes) is amended...26(1) Section 28 (resolution of disputes) is amended as follows....27(1) Section 30 (general provisions applying to arbitrations) is amended...28In section 38 (interpretation), in subsection (1), for the definition...29In section 39 (index)— (a) after the entry relating to...SCHEDULE 4Agricultural products relevant to marketing standards provisionsMilk and milk productsSpreadable fatsBeef and vealPoultry and poultrymeatEggs and egg productsFruit and vegetables, other than olivesOlive oil and table olivesHopsWineAromatised wineInterpretationSCHEDULE 5Provision relating to WalesPART 1Financial support after EU exitDirect payments after EU exit: interpretation1(1) This paragraph defines or explains expressions used in this...Power to modify legislation governing the basic payment scheme2(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations modify legislation governing...Power to provide for the continuation of the basic payment scheme beyond 20203(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations modify legislation governing...Other financial support: modification in relation to Wales of general provision connected with payments to farmers and other beneficiaries4(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations modify the following...Apiculture5(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations modify any of...Support for rural development: modification of legislation in relation to Wales6(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations modify any of...PART 2Intervention in agricultural marketsDeclaration relating to exceptional market conditions7(1) The Welsh Ministers may make and publish a declaration...Exceptional market conditions: powers available to Welsh Ministers8(1) This paragraph applies during the period for which a...Power to modify retained direct EU legislation relating to public market intervention and private storage aid9(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations modify retained direct...PART 3Collection and sharing of dataAgri-food supply chains: requirement to provide information10(1) The Welsh Ministers may require a person in, or...Meaning of “agri-food supply chain”11(1) This paragraph has effect for the purposes of this...Requirement must specify purposes for which information may be processed12(1) This paragraph applies to a requirement imposed under paragraph...Requirements under paragraph 10(1): duty to publish draft requirement13(1) Before a particular requirement is imposed under paragraph 10(1),...Provision of required information and limitations on its processing14(1) This paragraph applies to a requirement imposed under paragraph...Enforcement of information requirements15(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision for...PART 4Marketing standards and carcass classificationMarketing standards16(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations, in relation to...Agricultural products17(1) The agricultural products mentioned in paragraph 16(1) are products...Carcass classification18(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision about...PART 5Data protection19(1) This paragraph applies to a duty or power to...SCHEDULE 6Provision relating to Northern IrelandPART 1Financial support after EU exitDirect payments after EU Exit: interpretation1(1) This paragraph defines or explains expressions used in this...Power to modify legislation governing the basic payment scheme2(1) DAERA may by regulations modify legislation governing the basic...Power to provide for the continuation of the basic payment scheme beyond 20203(1) DAERA may by regulations modify legislation governing the basic...Power to modify legislation governing the coupled support scheme4(1) DAERA may by regulations modify legislation governing the coupled...General provision connected with payments to farmers and other beneficiaries: modification in relation to Northern Ireland5(1) DAERA may by regulations modify any of the following...Apiculture6(1) DAERA may by regulations modify any of the following...Support for rural development: modification of legislation in relation to Northern Ireland7(1) DAERA may by regulations modify any of the following...PART 2Intervention in agricultural marketsExceptional market conditions: powers available to DAERA8(1) Where DAERA considers that— (a) there is a severe...Power to modify assimilated direct legislation relating to public market intervention and private storage aid9(1) DAERA may by regulations modify assimilated direct legislation relating...PART 3Collection and sharing of dataAgri-food supply chains: requirement to provide information10(1) DAERA may require a person in, or closely connected...Meaning of “agri-food supply chain”11(1) This paragraph has effect for the purposes of this...Requirement must specify purposes for which information may be processed12(1) This paragraph applies to a requirement imposed under paragraph...Requirements under paragraph 10(1): duty to publish draft requirement13(1) Before a particular requirement is imposed under paragraph 10(1),...Provision of required information and limitations on its processing14(1) This paragraph applies to a requirement imposed under paragraph...Enforcement of information requirements15(1) DAERA may by regulations make provision for enforcement of...PART 4Marketing standards and carcass classificationMarketing standards16(1) DAERA may by regulations, in relation to agricultural products...Agricultural products17(1) The agricultural products mentioned in paragraph 16(1) are products...Carcass classification18(1) DAERA may by regulations make provision about the classification,...PART 5Data protection19(1) This paragraph applies to a duty or power to...SCHEDULE 7The CMO Regulation: consequential amendmentsPART 1Exceptional market conditions: England1In consequence of the provision made by sections 20 and...PART 2Exceptional market conditions: Wales2In consequence of the provision made by paragraphs 7 and...PART 3Marketing standards and carcass classification: England3In consequence of the provision made in Part 5, the...4In Article 19 (public intervention and aid for private storage:...5In Article 20 (public intervention and aid for private storage:...6In Article 21 (public intervention and aid for private storage:...7In Article 73 (marketing standards: scope), at the end insert—...8In Article 75 (marketing standards: establishment and content), at the...9In Article 78 (definitions, designations and sales descriptions for certain...10In Article 80 (oenological practices and methods of analysis), at...11In Article 86 (reservation, amendment and cancellation of optional reserved...12In Article 91 (implementing powers in accordance with the examination...13In Article 119 (labelling and presentation in the wine sector:...14In Article 122 (labelling and presentation in the wine sector:...15In Article 123 (implementing powers in accordance with the examination...16Regulations made by the European Commission under— 17Regulations made by the European Commission under Section 1 or...PART 4Marketing standards and carcass classification: Wales18In consequence of the provision made in Part 4 of...19In Article 19 (public intervention and aid for private storage:...20In Article 20 (public intervention and aid for private storage:...21In Article 21 (public intervention and aid for private storage:...22In Article 73 (marketing standards: scope), at the end (and...23In Article 75 (marketing standards: establishment and content), at the...24In Article 78 (definitions, designations and sales descriptions for certain...25In Article 80 (oenological practices and methods of analysis), at...26In Article 86 (reservation, amendment and cancellation of optional reserved...27In Article 91 (implementing powers in accordance with the examination...28In Article 119 (labelling and presentation in the wine sector:...29In Article 122 (labelling and presentation in the wine sector:...30In Article 123 (implementing powers in accordance with the examination...31Regulations made by the European Commission under— 32Regulations made by the European Commission under Section 1 or...PART 5Marketing standards and carcass classification: Northern Ireland33In consequence of the provision made in Part 4 of...34In Article 19 (public intervention and aid for private storage:...35In Article 20 (public intervention and aid for private storage:...36In Article 21 (public intervention and aid for private storage:...37In Article 73 (marketing standards: scope), at the end (and...38In Article 75 (marketing standards: establishment and content), at the...39In Article 78 (definitions, designations and sales descriptions for certain...40In Article 80 (oenological practices and methods of analysis), at...41In Article 86 (reservation, amendment and cancellation of optional reserved...42In Article 91 (implementing powers in accordance with the examination...43In Article 119 (labelling and presentation in the wine sector:...44In Article 122 (labelling and presentation in the wine sector:...45In Article 123 (implementing powers in accordance with the examination...46Regulations made by the European Commission under— 47Regulations made by the European Commission under Section 1 or...Agriculture Act 20202020 c. 21An Act to authorise expenditure for certain agricultural and other purposes; to make provision about direct payments following the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union and about payments in response to exceptional market conditions affecting agricultural markets; to confer power to modify retained direct EU legislation relating to agricultural and rural development payments and public market intervention and private storage aid; to make provision about reports on food security; to make provision about the acquisition and use of information connected with food supply chains; to confer powers to make regulations about the imposition of obligations on business purchasers of agricultural products, marketing standards, organic products and the classification of carcasses; to make provision for reports relating to free trade agreements; to make provision for the recognition of associations of agricultural producers which may benefit from certain exemptions from competition law; to make provision about fertilisers; to make provision about the identification and traceability of animals; to make provision about red meat levy in Great Britain; to make provision about agricultural tenancies; to confer power to make regulations about securing compliance with the WTO Agreement on Agriculture; and for connected purposes.[11th November 2020]Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
