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These Regulations, which apply to Wales, contain the provisions of a new agri-environment scheme implementing in part a zonal programme approved by the European Commission under article 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 2078/92 on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements for the protection of the environment and the maintenance of the countryside. The new agri-environment scheme, which replaces existing agri-environment schemes applying to Wales, is entitled the Land in Care Scheme or Tir Gofal, which Welsh term means land which is in the care of any person who has an interest in it. The Regulations provide for payments of aid to be made at any time during or after the agreement year (reg. 6(1) and (2)), to any person who enters a Tir Gofal agreement with the Countryside Council for Wales requiring him to follow the general environmental conditions set out in Schedule 1 and to carry out management and capital activities which are conducive to a specified purpose on land in which he has an interest (regs. 3 and 4). The rates of aid payable are set out in regulation 9 and Schedules 1 to 4. The Regulations also: (a) make provision in relation to a change of occupation to the land to which a Tir Gofal agreement relates; (b) impose an obligation on a Tir Gofal agreement holder to permit entry and inspection; and (c) provide for the withholding and recovery of aid, the imposition of penalties and the termination of Tir Gofal agreements.
Implements: Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2078/92 on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements of the protection of the environment and the maintenance of the countryside. (1992-06-30)
