Farm Advisory Services (Amendment) Regulations, 2009

L.N. 110 of 2009

SUPPLIES AND SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 117)

Farm Advisory Services (Amendment) Regulations, 2009

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 3 of the

Supplies and Services Act, the Minister of Finance, the Economy

and Investment, in consultation with the Minister for Resources and

Rural Affairs has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Farm Advisory

Services (Amendment) Regulations, 2009 and they shall be read

and construed as one with the Farm Advisory Services Regulations,

2008, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

For sub-regulation (1) of regulation 6 of the principal

regulations, there shall be substituted the following

“(1) Decisions on applications for registration shall

be taken by the Board composed of five members being

representatives from the Ministry responsible for agriculture.

All these members shall be appointed by the Permanent

Secretary at the Ministry responsible for agriculture. The

chairperson shall be appointed by the members of the Board

during their first sitting. The secretary to the Board shall be a

representative from the Paying Agency that shall be responsible

for the register of the Farm Advisory Services.”.

Immediately after sub-regulation (5) of regulation 11 there

shall be added the following new sub-regulation

“(6) Farm advisory services shall ensure that its experts

shall attend a specialized training course approved by the

Ministry responsible for agriculture on “Cross Compliance”

covering the obligations of the Statutory Management

Requirements and Good Agricultural and Environmental

Conditions.”.

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