Right of appeal and consequential amendment

18.—(1) Where the Scottish Ministers withhold or recover any aid under regulation 14, the applicant may seek a review of the decision by the Scottish Ministers.

(2) The review referred to in paragraph (1) must be applied for in accordance with the provisions of the Agricultural Subsidies (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2000(1).

(3) The Agricultural Subsidies (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 shall be amended by inserting after paragraph (k) of regulation 4–

(l)a decision by the Scottish Ministers to withhold any aid due or recover any aid paid or require payment of a sum under the Rural Stewardship Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2001, in terms of those Regulations..

(1)

S.S.I. 2000/347, as amended by S.S.I. 2001/50 and 226.