The Organic Aid (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996

Amendment of the principal Regulations

6.  In regulation 7(1) (application for aid) of the principal Regulations–

(a) for sub-paragraph (a)(iii) and (iv) there shall be substituted–

“(iii) the area of land, if any, which already meets UKROFS standards; and

(iv) the area of land, if any, on which organic farming is to be introduced or which is in the course of conversion to organic farming”;

(b) for sub-paragraph (d) and (e) there shall be substituted–

“(d) where the applicant chooses to phase the conversion of his farm to organic farming, a written statement of the conversion plan; and

(e) confirmation that his conversion proposals meet UKROFS standards.”; and

(c) there shall be added at the end–

“(f) where an application is made by a grazings committee–

(i) the written consent of a majority of the crofters ordinarily resident in the township and sharing in the common grazing to the application; and

(ii) evidence that notice has been given in accordance with regulation 6(4); and

(iii) confirmation from the Crofters Commission that the Commission has approved the application or, as the case may be, has received no representation under regulation 6(4).”.