Agriculture Bill (HC Bill 292)

Contents

1. Part 1

   New financial assistance powers

   1. 1. Secretary of State’s powers to give financial assistance

   2. 2. Financial assistance: forms, conditions, delegation and publication of
      information

   3. 3. Financial assistance: checking, enforcing and monitoring

2. Part 2

   Financial support after exiting the EU

   1. Chapter 1

      Direct payments

      1. 4. Meaning of “basic payment scheme” and other expressions in Chapter 1

      2. 5. The agricultural transition period for England

      3. 6. Power to modify legislation governing the basic payment scheme

      4. 7. Power to reduce the direct payments ceilings for England in 2020 by up to
         15%

      5. 8. Power to provide for the continuation of the basic payment scheme beyond
         2020

      6. 9. Power to provide for phasing out direct payments and delinked payments

      7. 10. Termination of direct payments

   2. Chapter 2

      Other financial support: modification of legislation in relation to England

      1. 11. General provision connected with payments to farmers and other
         beneficiaries

      2. 12. Aid for fruit and vegetable producer organisations

      3. 13. Support for rural development

3. Part 3

   Collection and sharing of data

   1. 14. Agri-food supply chains: requirement to provide information

   2. 15. Meaning of “agri-food supply chain”

   3. 16. Requirement must specify purposes for which information may be processed

   4. 17. Provision of required information and limitations on its processing

   5. 18. Enforcement of information requirements

4. Part 4

   Intervention in agricultural markets

   1. Exceptional market conditions

      1. 19. Declaration relating to exceptional market conditions

      2. 20. Exceptional market conditions: powers available to Secretary of State

   2. Retained direct EU legislation relating to public market intervention and private storage aid

      1. 21. Modification in connection with exceptional market conditions and for
         general purposes

5. Part 5

   Marketing standards and carcass classification

   1. 22. Marketing standards and carcass classification

   2. 23. Power to reproduce modifications under section 22 for wine sector

6. Part 6

   Producer organisations and fairness in the supply chain

   1. Producer organisations

      1. 24. Producer and interbranch organisations etc: application for recognition

      2. 25. Recognised organisations: competition exemptions and further provision

      3. 26. Regulations under sections 24 and 25

   2. Fair dealing with agricultural producers

      1. 27. Fair dealing obligations of first purchasers of agricultural products

7. Part 7

   WTO Agreement on Agriculture

   1. 28. WTO Agreement on Agriculture: regulations

8. Part 8

   Red Meat Levy

   1. 29. Red Meat levy: payments between levy bodies in Great Britain

9. Part 9

   Wales and Northern Ireland

   1. 30. Wales

   2. 31. Northern Ireland

10. Part 10

    Final provisions

    1. 32. Regulations

    2. 33. Interpretation

    3. 34. Consequential amendments

    4. 35. Power to make consequential etc provision

    5. 36. Financial provision

    6. 37. Extent

    7. 38. Commencement

    8. 39. Short title

11. 1. Schedule 1

       Agricultural products: sectors

       1. Part 1

          Agricultural sectors relevant to marketing standards
          provisions

       2. Part 2

          Agricultural sectors relevant to producer organisation and fair
          dealing provisions

       3. Part 3

          Regulations

    2. Schedule 2

       Recognised organisations: competition exclusions

    3. Schedule 3

       Provision relating to Wales

       1. Part 1

          New financial assistance powers

       2. Part 2

          Financial support after exiting the EU

       3. Part 3

          Collection and sharing of data

       4. Part 4

          Intervention in agricultural markets

       5. Part 5

          Marketing standards and carcass classification

    4. Schedule 4

       Provision relating to Northern Ireland

       1. Part 1

          Financial support after exiting the EU

       2. Part 2

          Collection and sharing of data

       3. Part 3

          Intervention in agricultural markets

       4. Part 4

          Marketing standards and carcass classification

    5. Schedule 5

       The CMO Regulation: consequential amendments