11 Expiries and early termination (exit)
Information about ending your Grant Funding Agreement early.
An early exit (termination) is where the request to close your agreement happens before it has reached its official end date.
Requests to make an early exit from an agreement can only be made by the delivery body for the scheme (which in this case is the Rural Payments Agency), or you, as the Facilitator.
If you wish to end your agreement early, this can be done at any time by giving us three months written notice (by email).
This usually occurs when you request to leave your existing agreement early to allow you to apply for a new agreement.
A written exit request must include the following to allow the request to be processed:
- your contact details
- the correct agreement reference and SBI it relates to
- the reason for early exit (this must be clearly stated)
- the early exit request must be signed by a person in the business who has ‘Submit’ permission levels for CS (Applications) and CS (Agreements) on the Rural Payments service.
We may end the agreement early if we find:
- you have breached the terms of your agreement
- there is a change in circumstances affecting your eligibility to receive payments
- you have failed to repay any monies which have become recoverable by us.
We will send you written notice to confirm our decision to end your agreement early.