Entitlements dilemma for 6,417
Where lessors have leased out all of their entitlements for a period which includes the 2013 single payment year (or leased out a portion of their entitlements, but did not draw down a direct payment in 2013), they will not have an automatic ‘allocation right’ to the Basic Payment Scheme in 2015. These 100% lessors will not be eligible to establish entitlements in their own right. Nor can they use a Private Contract Clause (PCC) to transfer entitlements to the lessee.
The Department of Agriculture is writing to all persons affected, to advise them.
