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# 2020 No. 463 

# AGRICULTURE 

The Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2020 

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The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(1) of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020( a ), makes the following Regulations. 

In accordance with section 6(5) of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020, the Secretary of State has obtained consent from the Scottish Ministers, Welsh Ministers and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland. 

## Citation, commencement and extent 

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 30th April 2020. 

(2) Any provision of these Regulations which amends an enactment has the same extent as the enactment amended. 

## Amendment of the Interpretation Act 1978 

2. —(1) The Interpretation Act 1978( b ) is amended as follows. 

(2) In section 21(1), after “any Act” (but before the words to be inserted at the same place by paragraph 19 of Schedule 8 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018)( c ) insert “or made or to be made on or after exit day under retained direct EU CAP legislation as defined in section 2 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020”. 

(3) In section 23ZA(4)(a)— 

(a) in sub-paragraph (i), omit “or”; 

(b) after that sub-paragraph insert— 

