Amendment of the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Regulations

3.—(1) The Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2010(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)after the definition of “Scheme 2020 payment” insert—

““Scheme 2021 payment” means the sum to which the applicant is entitled in respect of the period from 1st January 2021 to 31st December 2021;

“Scheme 2022 payment” means the sum to which the applicant is entitled in respect of the period from 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2022;

“Scheme 2023 payment” means the sum to which the applicant is entitled in respect of the period from 1st January 2023 to 31st December 2023;

“Scheme 2024 payment” means the sum to which the applicant is entitled in respect of the period from 1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024;”; and

(b)for the definition of “single application” substitute—

““single application”—

(a)

in relation to a calendar year before 2015, has the meaning given in Article 2(11) of Commission Regulation 1122/2009(2); and

(b)

in relation to a calendar year from 2015, means an application for direct payments (as described in Article 1 of the Direct Payments Regulation) in respect of an area-related direct payment within the meaning of Article 67(4)(b) of the Horizontal Regulation(3);”.

(3) In regulation 10 (enterprise mix), in paragraph (2) for the words from “purposes of the Scheme 2010 payment” to “Scheme 2020 payment” substitute “purpose of determining a Scheme payment in the period from 2010 to 2024”.

(4) In regulation 13 (powers of authorised persons), in paragraph (1)(a)(ii) for “exit day” substitute “IP completion day”.

(5) In schedule 5 (rates of payment for less favoured area support), in the tables in Part I (more disadvantaged land) and Part II (less disadvantaged land), insert at the end of the second column of the first row—

“Scheme 2021 payment,
Scheme 2022 payment,
Scheme 2023 payment,
Scheme 2024 payment”.
(2)

EUR 1122/2009. See regulation 2(1) of the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2010 for the definition of “Commission Regulation 1122/2009”.

(3)

EUR 1306/2013. See regulation 2(1) of the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2010 for the definition of “Horizontal Regulation”.