The Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2002

Regulation 2(1)

SCHEDULE 1 MINIMUM STOCKING DENSITY

Moorland Holding	0.12 LU/ha
Northern Upland Holding	0.27 LU/ha
Southern Upland Holding	0.38 LU/ha

Regulation 2(1)

SCHEDULE 2 STOCKING DENSITY

PART I CALCULATION OF LIVESTOCK UNITS (“LU”)

For all claimants, (excluding Ring-Fence Dairy Farmers)
Number of Suckler Cows claimed and eligible for SCPS		× 1.0 = _A_LU
Number of heifers over 8 months and up to and including 24 months		× 0.6 = _B_LU
For Ring-fenced daily farmers:
Litres of Milk Quota		/5730 = _C_LU
For all claimants
Number of Breeding Ewes claimed and eligible for SAPS		× 0.15 = _D_LU
Number of Breeding Female Goats		× 0.15 = _E_LU
Number of Breeding Female Alpaca		× 0.3 = _F_LU
Number of Breeding Female Deer (hinds over 27 months)		× 0.3 = _G_LU
Number of Breeding Deer (over 6 months but less than 27 months)		× 0.2 = _H_LU

PART II CALCULATION OF STOCKING DENSITY

Total LFASS Livestock Units (A + B + C + D + E + F + G + H)	=	_I_LU
Total Forage Area	=	_J_Ha
Stocking Density (to two decimal places)	=	I divided by J

Regulation 8

SCHEDULE 3 RATES FOR PAYMENT OF LESS FAVOURED AREA SUPPORT

FARM TYPE	RATES PER HECTARE
	Improved Pasture	Rough Grazing
Moorland Holdings	£30.40	£9.60
Southern Upland Holdings	£39.40	£11.40
Northern Upland Holdings	£45.00	£12.50

Regulation 9(2)

SCHEDULE 4 ADDITIONAL RATES OF PAYMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES FOR LESS-EXTENSIVE FARMS WITH MIXED STOCKING

FARM TYPE	RATES PER HECTARE
Moorland Holdings	£20.00
Southern Upland Holdings	£20.00
Northern Upland Holdings	£20.00

Regulation 17

SCHEDULE 5 AGENCY AND CROSS BORDER HOLDINGS

Agency arrangements

1.  The Scottish Ministers may, with the agreement of any competent authority (as defined for the purposes of the Integrated Administration and Control System Regulations 1993), arrange for any of their functions under these Regulations in relation to any claim to be exercised on their behalf by that competent authority.

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.

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.

Set-off

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.

Calculation of payments in respect of cross-border holdings

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 carrying out eligible agricultural activity on eligible land, providing the applicant has declared the eligible land in an area aid application which has been treated as a valid application by the competent authority concerned.

6.  Whether the eligible agricultural activity undertaken on the eligible land is an integral part of the management of the whole holding or independently managed, Scottish Ministers shall only pay less favoured area support in respect of the eligible agricultural activity actually undertaken on eligible land defined as a less favoured area for the purposes of this instrument.

7.  Applicants in respect of cross-border holdings are required to supply such information as authorised persons may reasonably require to assess the eligible agricultural activity actually undertaken on eligible land defined as a less favoured area for the purposes of this instrument.

8.  All conditions applying to applicants in respect of holdings lying wholly within the less favoured areas shall apply equally to applicants in respect of cross-border holdings.