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Right of appeal

25.—(1) Where the Scottish Ministers withhold or recover any payment under regulation 20, the beneficiary may seek a review of the decision by the Scottish Ministers.

(2) The review referred to in paragraph (1) must be applied for in accordance with the provisions of the Agricultural Subsidies (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2000(1).

(3) The Agricultural Subsidies (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 shall be amended by inserting after paragraph (n) of regulation 4 (decisions amendable to review and appeal)–

(o)a decision by the Scottish Ministers to withhold any grant due or recover any grant paid or require payment of a sum imposed by way of penalty under the Organic Aid (Scotland) Regulations 2004, in terms of regulation 20 of those Regulations..

(1)

S.S.I. 2000/347 as amended by S.S.I. 2001/50, 226 and 300, 2002/139 and 228 and 2003/129 and 302.