The Rural Development Contracts (Rural Priorities) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2009 (revoked)

Amendment to Schedule 2 S

8.  In Schedule 2 (rural priorities options)—

(a) in part 1 (option activities and eligibility conditions and rates of payment), omit the preamble;

(b) in option 15 (conversion to and maintenance of organic farming) in column 2;

(i) in element A (conversion of land to organic production) in paragraph (2) sub-paragraphs (c) and (h) for “an organic certification body” in each case substitute “ a control body ”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (d) for “2092/91” substitute “ 834/2007 ”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (i) for “organic certification body” in each case substitute “ control body ”;

(iv) in element B (conversion of land to organic production in phases), in paragraph (3)(a)(i) for “an organic certification body” substitute “ a control body ”;

(v) in element C (maintenance of organic production), in paragraph (2) in sub⿿paragraph (b) for “2092/91” substitute “ 834/2007 ” and in sub-paragraph (c) for “organic certification body” substitute in each case “ control body ”;

(c) in option 35 (creation and management of water margins and enhanced riparian buffer areas), in column 2, omit paragraph (2) M1 ;

(d) in option 60 (woodland creation), in column 3, for “Supplementary payments of additional standard costs may be made” substitute “ A supplementary payment of £1,500 per hectare may be made for a community woodland ”;

(e) in option 62 (Woodland improvement grants) in column 3 after the paragraph “up to 100% of the standard costs for each item listed in Table D in Part 2” insert “ Approved operations must be carried out and paid once during the 5 year contract period ”M2 ;

(f) in Part 2, in table B, in the first column (woodland type), for “Native woodland” substitute “ Native and riparian woodland (planting) ” and for “Naturally regenerated native woodland” substitute “ Native and riparian woodland (natural regeneration) ” and in the fourth column (Minimum stocking density per hectare at year 5 or when considered to be ‘established’) for “1600” substitute “ 1100 ”;

(g) in Part 2 for Table C M3 substitute—

“Table C

Woodland Type	Establishment £/ha *	Maintenance Standard Cost Rate £/ha/year **
Productive conifer woodland (low cost)	1724	161.39
Productive conifer woodland (high cost)	2064	186.40
Productive broadleaved woodland	3317	229.79
Native and riparian (planting model)	2802	218.20
Native and riparian (natural regeneration model)	905	101.60
Mixed conifer/broadleaf woodland	3063	222.40

*	Paid as a lump sum on completion of planting.
**	Paid as an annual payment for a period of 5 years. Trees must be satisfactorily ‘established’ within 10 years of planting. Only payable where planting has occurred on agricultural land or abandoned agricultural land (i.e. at least 50% of a woodland type must be on agricultural land and/or abandoned agricultural land to be eligible for the maintenance payments).

The term ‘established’ means that trees must be present to the minimum stocking densities specified, healthy, and in a condition capable of continued growth given no further weeding but subject to normal ongoing maintenance operations such as protection from inappropriate grazing by wild or domestic animals.

An additional establishment premium for using genetically improved planting material is available as follows:

Categories of genetically improved planting material	£ per hectare
Sitka spruce seed orchard material that falls within the tested category in terms of regulation 4 of the Forest Reproductive Material (Great Britain) Regulations 2002 M4	50
Sitka spruce vegetatively propagated tested ‘family mixture’ material derived from controlled cross-pollination.	150”;

(h) in part 2 in table D M5 (standard costs for forestry operations/capital items) at the item “Respace natural regeneration” in column 2 (standard cost) for “£500” substitute “ £600 ”;

(i) in part 2 in table D at the item “restructuring with Caledonian Scots pine” and “restructuring with diverse conifers” in column 2 for “£448” substitute “ £411.64 ”;

(j) in part 2 in table D at the item “Restructuring with mixed broadleaves”, in column 2 for “£1,002” substitute “ £1,030.14 ”;

(k) in part 2 in table D at the item “Restructuring with native broadleaves”, in column 2 for “£1,099” substitute “ £1,100 ”;

(l) in part 2 in table D in column 1 (item) before “Upgrading stock to deer fence” insert “ New deer fence ” and insert as the corresponding entry in column 2 “£7.25 per metre”.

Marginal Citations

M1 Paragraph 2 was substituted by S.S.I. 2009/233.

M2 Option 62 was amended by S.S.I. 2009/1.

M3 Substituted by S.S.I. 2009/233.

M4 S.I. 2002/3026.

M5 Substituted by S.S.I. 2009/1.