Amendment of regulation 9
6. In regulation 9 (stocking density outwith the minimum and maximum stocking density parameters)—
(a)after paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A) Subject to paragraphs (1B) and (1C), the minimum stocking density is the entry in the second column in Part III of Schedule 4 corresponding to the grazing category in the first column of that Part of that Schedule.
(1B) Where an applicant has eligible land which comprises land falling into more than one grazing category (as determined for the purposes of regulation 8), the minimum stocking density is the sum (to two decimal places) of the minimum stocking densities for each grazing category calculated in accordance with paragraph (1C).
(1C) The minimum stocking density for each grazing category is the proportion of the minimum stocking density (as set out in the second column in Part III of Schedule 4 corresponding to the grazing category in the first column of that Schedule) that the land in the grazing category represents in relation to the overall eligible land.”;
(b)in paragraph (4), after “For the purpose of” insert “regulation 5(1)(a)(ii), regulation 8(4)(c) and”; and
(c)in paragraph (8)(a), for “Commission Regulation 1975/2006” substitute “Commission Regulation 65/2011”.