Guidance

Empower an agent for the Single Payment Scheme

Anyone claiming Single Payment Scheme (SPS) can empower an 'agent' to manage their subsidy claim for them. Find out how to do it, and what levels of empowerment there are.

From:
Rural Payments Agency
Published
7 February 2013

This guidance was withdrawn on

The Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) replaced the Single Payment Scheme on 1 January 2015.

The Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) will replace SPS in 2015. Go to www.gov.uk/cap-reform to find out more.

You can ask someone else to act for you for SPS. This is called ‘empowerment’. You can read more information in this RPA empowerments leaflet (PDF, 234 KB, 6 pages).

Fill in an SP9 form

Use this form to tell the Rural Payments Agency:

  • who you want to act for you
  • what you want them to do.

Agent authorisation form (SP9)

PDF, 260 KB, 4 pages

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Rural Payments Agency

PO Box 69
Reading
RG1 3YD

Email ruralpayments@defra.gov.uk

Main switchboard 03000 200 301

(Official correspondence only)

Find out about call charges at www.gov.uk/call-charges

Rural Payments Agency

PO Box 300
Sheffield
S95 1AA

Published 7 February 2013