Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 568

The Rural Development Grants (Agriculture) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

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" "the operational programme" means the operational programme approved by the Commission Decision referred to in paragraph 5 of the Schedule;".

    (3) In regulation 5 (approval of operations) after the words "a sub-programme" there shall be inserted the words "or the operational programme".

    (4) In regulation 11 (recovery of grant) - 

(a) for the words "Article 24.3" in regulation 11(2) there shall be substituted the words "Article 24"; and

(b) after regulation 11(3) there shall be added the following paragraph - 

    " (4) Before exercising the powers of revocation and recovery referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall - 


(a) give the beneficiary a written explanation of the reasons for the proposed exercise;

(b) afford the beneficiary an opportunity to make written representations within such time as the Secretary of State considers reasonable; and

(c) consider any representations made by the beneficiary.".

    (5) In the Schedule (meaning of "Community legislation") - 

(a) at the end of - 


(i) paragraph 1, and

(ii) paragraph 2



there shall be added the words "and Council Regulation (EC) No. 3193/94 of 19th December 1994, OJ No. L337, 24.12.94, p.11";

(b) after paragraph 4 there shall be added the following paragraph - 

     " 5. Commission Decision No. C(95) 440/2 of 29th March 1995 on the granting of assistance from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guidance Section, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF) for an operational programme under the Community Initiative LEADER II in the Objective 5(b) area of Wales in the United Kingdom.".

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Jonathan Evans
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

5th March 1997

(a) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2052/88 (OJ No. L185, 15.7.88, p.9) as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2081/93 (OJ No. L193, 31.7.93, p.5) and Council Regulation (EC) No. 3193/94 (OJ No. L337, 24.12.94, p.11),

(b) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4253/88 (OJ No. L374, 31.12.88, p.1) as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2082/93 (OJ No. L193, 31.7.93, p.20), and Council Regulation (EC) No. 3193/94 (OJ No. L337, 24.12.94, p.11), and

(c) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4256/88 (OJ No. L374, 31.12.88, p.25) as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2085/93 (OJ No. L193, 31.7.93, p.44),

which together provide, inter alia, for assistance from the Guidance section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund towards operations which promote rural development by facilitating the development and structural adjustment of certain rural areas.

The Regulations enable operations falling within the operational programme approved by the Commission of the European Communities by way of Decision No. C(95) 440/2 to be eligible for grant, amend and add to the references to Community legislation in Regulation 11 of the principal Regulations and in the Schedule thereto, and add a requirement for the Secretary of State to give reasons and allow the beneficiary to make representations before exercising the power of revocation and recovery in regulation 11(1) of the principal Regulations (regulation 2).

Copies of the Commission Decision and of the operational programme referred to in regulation 2(5)(b) may be inspected at the offices of the Welsh Office Agriculture Department at Cathays Park, Cardiff CF1 3NQ (Tel: 01222 823623).

No compliance cost assessment has been carried out in relation to these Regulations.

[2] 1972 c.68. back

[3] S.I. 1996/529. back