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The Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2010

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation, commencement, extent and application

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART II ELIGIBILITY

    1. 3.Eligibility for payment of less favoured area support

    2. 4.Payment of less favoured area support

    3. 5.Eligible land

    4. 6.Transfer of a holding

  4. PART III CALCULATION OF LESS FAVOURED AREA SUPPORT

    1. 7.Amount of less favoured area support

    2. 8.Determination of Unadjusted Payable Area

    3. 8A.Adjustment of the area of eligible land for a Scheme Year commencing on or after 1st January 2019

    4. 9.Stocking density outwith the minimum and maximum stocking density parameters

    5. 9A.Calculation of less favoured area support following the transfer of a holding

    6. 10.Enterprise mix

    7. 11.Rate of payment of less favoured area support

    8. 12.Minimum payment

    9. 12A.Reduction of payments

  5. PART IV ENFORCEMENT

    1. 13.Powers of authorised persons

    2. 14.Assistance to authorised persons

    3. 15.Withholding or recovery of less favoured area support

    4. 16.Guidance

    5. 17.Rate of interest

    6. 18.Cross border holdings

    7. 19.Offences

    8. 20.Penalties

    9. 21.Time limit for prosecutions

    10. 22.Offences by bodies corporate

  6. PART V MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 23.Appeal against decision as to eligibility of holding

    2. 24.Review

    3. 25.Amendment of the Rural Payments (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2009

    4. 26.Revocation and savings provisions

  7. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      MEANING OF DAIRY RING FENCE AREA

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      LAND USE CODES ELIGIBLE FOR LESS FAVOURED AREA SUPPORT SCHEME

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      GRAZING CATEGORY: HECTARE VALUES

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      LIVESTOCK UNITS AND STOCKING DENSITY

      1. PART I CALCULATION OF LIVESTOCK UNITS

      2. PART II CALCULATION OF STOCKING DENSITY

      3. PART III MINIMUM STOCKING DENSITY

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      RATES OF PAYMENT FOR LESS FAVOURED AREA SUPPORT

      1. PART I MORE DISADVANTAGED LAND

      2. PART II LESS DISADVANTAGED LAND

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      FRAGILITY CATEGORIES

      1. PARISH CODE NUMBERS

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      AGENCY ARRANGEMENTS AND CROSS BORDER HOLDINGS

      1. Agency arrangements

        1. 1.The Scottish Ministers may, with the agreement of any competent...

        2. 2.The Scottish Ministers may also agree to exercise functions on...

        3. 3.Any such arrangement shall be in writing and be signed...

      2. Set off

        1. 4.Without prejudice to the amount of any sum payable by...

      3. Calculation of payments in respect of cross border holdings

        1. 5.Where any holding in respect of which a claim has...

        2. 6.Whether the active farming undertaken on the eligible land in...

        3. 7.For cross border holdings where the applicant has submitted a...

        4. 8.Applicants in respect of cross border holdings are required to...

        5. 9.All conditions applying to applicants in respect of holdings lying...

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      ENTERPRISE MIX

  8. Explanatory Note

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