The Rural Development (Scotland) Regulations 2015

Undertakings and transfer of holdings

5.—(1) A beneficiary must give the appropriate body such written undertaking in respect of such period or periods as the appropriate body considers appropriate for the purposes of these Regulations.

(2) Paragraph (3) applies where—

(a) an appropriate body has, under regulation 4(7), varied an approval where a person other than the original applicant is to be the beneficiary; or

(b) subject to Article 47(2) of the Rural Development Regulation, there has been a transfer of all or any part of the land in respect of which an undertaking has been given.

(3) Where this paragraph applies, the appropriate body may accept a written undertaking from the new beneficiary or occupier of the land given within and in respect of such period and subject to such conditions as the appropriate body considers appropriate.

(4) For the purposes of Article 8(3)(a) of the Horizontal Implementing Regulation, the period within which the transferee must inform the appropriate body of the transfer and request any claim for payment, is 90 days beginning with the first day after the date of transfer.