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Applications and date on which land must be at farmer's disposalS

6.—(1) [F1Subject to paragraphs (1A) and (1B)][F2, for] the purposes of Article 12 of the Horizontal Delegated Regulation and Article 13(1) of the Horizontal Implementing Regulation, the final date on which a single application, aid application or payment claim may be submitted to the Scottish Ministers is 15th May or, if that date is a Saturday, Sunday, Bank Holiday or other public holiday, the next working day.

[F3(1A) For the purposes of Article 13(1) of the Horizontal Implementing Regulation and Article 1 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/747 derogating from Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 as regards the final date of submission of the single application, aid applications or payment claims, the final date for notification of amendments to the single application or payment claim and the final date for applications for allocation of payment entitlements or the increase of the value of payment entitlements under the basic payment scheme for the year 2015, the final date on which a single application, aid application or payment claim may be submitted to the Scottish Ministers in respect of calendar year 2015, is 15th June 2015.]

[F4(1B) For the purposes of Article 13(1) of the Horizontal Implementing Regulation and Article 1 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/761 derogating from Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 as regards the final date of submission of the single application, aid applications or payment claims, the final date for notification of amendments to the single application or payment claim and the final date for applications for allocation of payment entitlements or the increase of the value of payment entitlements under the basic payment scheme for the year 2016, the final date by which a single application, aid application or payment claim may be submitted to the Scottish Ministers in respect of calendar year 2016, is 15th June 2016.]

(2) In relation to any year in which a farmer makes a declaration in respect of parcels pursuant to Article 33(1) of the Direct Payments Regulation, the date on which those parcels must be at the farmer's disposal is the date specified in paragraph (1).