The Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2010 No. 273

Regulations 9(1), 9(2), 9(3),9(4), 9(8), 10(1) and 10(2)

SCHEDULE 4 LIVESTOCK UNITS AND STOCKING DENSITY

PART I CALCULATION OF LIVESTOCK UNITS

For the purposes of part II of this Schedule, the total LFASS Livestock Units is calculated in accordance with the formula—

• K = A + B + C + D + E + F + G + H + I + J

Where—

• K is the total LFASS Livestock Units;

• A is the number of beef cows over 24 months of age multiplied by a factor of 1.0;

• B is the number of beef cows over 20 months up to and including 24 months of age multiplied by a factor of 0.6;

• C is the number of breeding ewes and gimmers multiplied by a factor of 0.15;

• D is the number of breeding female goats multiplied by a factor of 0.15;

• E is the number of breeding female alpaca multiplied by a factor of 0.3;

• F is the number of breeding female farmed deer (hinds aged 27 months and over) multiplied by a factor of 0.3;

• G is the number of breeding female farmed deer (over 6 months but less than 27 months of age) multiplied by a factor of 0.2;

• H is the number of breeding female llamas multiplied by a factor of 0.3;

• I is, in the case of an applicant who maintains a dairy herd in the dairy ring fence area, the number of dairy cows over 24 months of age multiplied by a factor of 1.0;

• J is, in the case of an applicant who maintains a dairy herd in the dairy ring fence area, the number of dairy cows over 20 months and up to and including 24 months of age multiplied by a factor of 0.6.

PART II CALCULATION OF STOCKING DENSITY

The stocking density is calculated in accordance with the formula—

Where—

• S is the stocking density (to two decimal places);

• K is the total LFASS Livestock Units calculated in accordance with part I of this Schedule;

• L is the total number of hectares comprising the historic land area.