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Regulations 2(1) and 5(3)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 in force at 2.7.2010, see reg. 1(1)
“Dairy ring fence area” means—
the islands of Shetland;
the islands of Orkney;
the islands of Islay, Jura, Arran, Bute, Great Cumbrae, Little Cumbrae and the Kintyre Peninsula south of Tarbert;
the islands of the Outer Hebrides and the Inner Hebrides; and
the areas of land within Argyll and Bute Council comprising those parts of the parishes of Dunoon and Kilmun and Inverchaolain bounded as follows—
Starting in the North on the shore of Loch Striven at point national grid reference NS/095708; then in an easterly direction along the Ministry of Defence boundary to point national grid reference NS/098708; then in a northerly direction along the Ministry of Defence boundary to point national grid reference NS/097711; then in a north-easterly direction along the Ministry of Defence boundary to point national grid reference NS/098711; then in a northerly direction along the Ministry of Defence boundary to point national grid reference NS/098712; then in a north north‑easterly direction along the Ministry of Defence boundary to point national grid reference NS/099713; then in a north-easterly direction to point national grid reference NS/103714; then in a south-easterly direction to point national grid reference NS/107712; then in a easterly direction along the forestry fence to point national grid reference NS/111712; then in a southerly direction along the forestry fence to point national grid reference NS/110708; then in a south-easterly direction along the forestry fence to point national grid reference NS/112707; then in a south south-easterly direction along the forestry fence to point national grid reference NS/113704; then in a south-easterly direction to point national grid reference NS/114704; then in a southerly direction along the forestry fence to point national grid reference NS/114699; then in a south-westerly direction along the forestry fence to point national grid reference NS/112699; then in a south south‑westerly direction along the forestry fence to point national grid reference NS/11163 where the forestry fence meets the A815; then in a southerly direction along the A815 to point national grid reference NS/112689; then in a north-easterly direction along the forestry fence to point national grid reference NS/114690; then in an east south-easterly direction along the forestry fence to point national grid reference NS/117688; then in a southerly direction along the forestry fence to point national grid reference NS/116685; then in a westerly direction to point national grid reference NS/114685 where the forestry fence meets a track; then in a southerly direction down the track to point national grid reference NS/114683; then in a westerly direction down a burn to point national grid reference NS/112682 where the burn meets the A815; then in a southerly direction down the A815 to point national grid reference NS/111679; then in a westerly direction to point national grid reference NS/110679 at the high water mark; then in a westerly direction for approximately 1200 metres which then turns in a northerly direction all along the shore back to the starting point of national grid reference NS/095708.
Regulation 5(1)
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 2 in force at 2.7.2010, see reg. 1(1)
LAND USE | LAND USE CODE |
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Other crops for stock feed (excluding kale, cabbages and fodder beet) | OCS |
Fodder beet | OCS-B |
Kale and cabbage for stock feed | OCS-K |
Grass over 5 years | PGRS |
Rape for stock feed | RAST |
Rough Grazing | RGR |
Grass under 5 years | TGRS |
Turnips, swedes for stock feed | TSWS |
Open woodland (grazed) | WDG |
Agri-environment areas | AGRI |
Regulations 8(2), 8(3), 11(2) and 11(3)
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 3 in force at 2.7.2010, see reg. 1(1)
BASE YEAR STOCKING DENSITY (Livestock units (“LU”)/hectare) | GRAZING CATEGORY | HECTARE VALUE |
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Up to and including 0.19 LU/ha | A | 0.167 |
0.2 to 0.39 LU/ha | B | 0.333 |
0.4 to 0.59 LU/ha | C | 0.667 |
0.6 or more LU/ha | D | 0.8 |
Regulations 9(1), 9(2), 9(3),9(4), 9(8), 10(1) and 10(2)
Commencement Information
I4Sch. 4 Pt. 1 in force at 2.7.2010, see reg. 1(1)
For the purposes of part II of this Schedule, the total LFASS Livestock Units is calculated in accordance with the formula—
K = A + B + C + D + E + F + G + H + I + J
Where—
K is the total LFASS Livestock Units;
A is the number of beef cows over 24 months of age multiplied by a factor of 1.0;
B is the number of beef cows over 20 months up to and including 24 months of age multiplied by a factor of 0.6;
C is the number of breeding ewes and gimmers multiplied by a factor of 0.15;
D is the number of breeding female goats multiplied by a factor of 0.15;
E is the number of breeding female alpaca multiplied by a factor of 0.3;
F is the number of breeding female farmed deer (hinds aged 27 months and over) multiplied by a factor of 0.3;
G is the number of breeding female farmed deer (over 6 months but less than 27 months of age) multiplied by a factor of 0.2;
H is the number of breeding female llamas multiplied by a factor of 0.3;
I is, in the case of an applicant who maintains a dairy herd in the dairy ring fence area, the number of dairy cows over 24 months of age multiplied by a factor of 1.0;
J is, in the case of an applicant who maintains a dairy herd in the dairy ring fence area, the number of dairy cows over 20 months and up to and including 24 months of age multiplied by a factor of 0.6.
Commencement Information
I5Sch. 4 Pt. 2 in force at 2.7.2010, see reg. 1(1)
The stocking density is calculated in accordance with the formula—
Where—
S is the stocking density (to two decimal places);
K is the total LFASS Livestock Units calculated in accordance with part I of this Schedule;
L is the total number of hectares comprising the historic land area.
Regulations 11(2) and 11(3)
Commencement Information
I6Sch. 5 Pt. I in force at 2.7.2010, see reg. 1(1)
FRAGILITY CATEGORY | RATE |
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Scheme 2010 payment, Scheme 2011 payment, Scheme 2012 payment, Scheme 2013 payment | |
Very Fragile (Islands) | £71.35 |
Fragile (Mainland) | £62.10 |
Standard | £37.80 |
Commencement Information
I7Sch. 5 Pt. II in force at 2.7.2010, see reg. 1(1)
FRAGILITY CATEGORY | RATE |
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Scheme 2010 payment, Scheme 2011 payment, Scheme 2012 payment, Scheme 2013 payment | |
Very Fragile (Islands) | £63.00 |
Fragile (Mainland) | £54.51 |
Standard | £32.50 |
Regulation 11(3)
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Regulation 18
1. The Scottish Ministers may, with the agreement of any competent authority, arrange for any of their functions under these Regulations in relation to any claim to be exercised on their behalf by that competent authority.S
Commencement Information
I9Sch. 7 para. 1 in force at 2.7.2010, see reg. 1(1)
2. The Scottish Ministers may also agree to exercise functions on behalf of another competent authority corresponding to those which are exercisable by the Scottish Ministers under these Regulations.S
Commencement Information
I10Sch. 7 para. 2 in force at 2.7.2010, see reg. 1(1)
3. Any such arrangement shall be in writing and be signed by or on behalf of the Scottish Ministers and the competent authority and any such arrangement may be subject to such conditions (including conditions as to the costs and charge for costs) as may be agreed from time to time.S
Commencement Information
I11Sch. 7 para. 3 in force at 2.7.2010, see reg. 1(1)
4. Without prejudice to the amount of any sum payable by the Scottish Ministers to any other competent authority, the amount of any sum payable by the Scottish Ministers, whether as principal or agent, by way of a specified payment may be set off against the amount of any sum recoverable by the Scottish Ministers, whether as principal or agent.S
Commencement Information
I12Sch. 7 para. 4 in force at 2.7.2010, see reg. 1(1)
5. Where any holding in respect of which a claim has been made is a cross border holding, the Scottish Ministers may pay, on such occasions as they consider fit, in respect of the Scheme Year in question to an applicant less favoured area support for actively farming eligible land, providing the applicant has declared the eligible land in a single application which has been treated as a valid application by the competent authority concerned.S
Commencement Information
I13Sch. 7 para. 5 in force at 2.7.2010, see reg. 1(1)
6. Whether the active farming undertaken on the eligible land is an integral part of the management of the whole holding or independently managed, the Scottish Ministers will only pay less favoured area support in respect of the active farming actually undertaken on eligible land defined as a less favoured area for the purposes of these Regulations.S
Commencement Information
I14Sch. 7 para. 6 in force at 2.7.2010, see reg. 1(1)
7. For cross border holdings where the applicant has submitted a declaration of eligible land to another competent authority, the Scottish Ministers will apply the standard rate of payment.S
Commencement Information
I15Sch. 7 para. 7 in force at 2.7.2010, see reg. 1(1)
8. Applicants in respect of cross border holdings are required to supply such information as authorised persons may reasonably require to assess the active farming actually undertaken on eligible land defined as a less favoured area for the purposes of these Regulations.S
Commencement Information
I16Sch. 7 para. 8 in force at 2.7.2010, see reg. 1(1)
9. All conditions applying to applicants in respect of holdings lying wholly within the less favoured areas apply equally to applicants in respect of cross border holdings.S
Commencement Information
I17Sch. 7 para. 9 in force at 2.7.2010, see reg. 1(1)
Regulations 10(1), 10(2) and 10(3)
Commencement Information
I18Sch. 8 in force at 2.7.2010, see reg. 1(1)
Enterprise mix | Hectare multiplier |
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If 50% or more of livestock units are cattle | 1.70 |
If 10% or more, but less than 50% of livestock units are made of cattle | 1.35 |
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