The Rural Development Contracts (Land Managers Options) (Scotland) Regulations 2008

Eligible land

8.—(1) Where an undertaking includes activities under area related options, land is eligible to have such activities carried out on it if it is land in Scotland declared in the application for aid and the land is–

(a) comprised in an agricultural parcel declared in the single application submitted to the relevant competent authority by the applicant in accordance with Article 22 of Council Regulation 1782/2003 and Article 12(1)(d) of Commission Regulation 796/2004; or

(b) approved for that purpose and given an unique identification number compatible with the identification system for agricultural parcels referred to in Article 20 of Council Regulation 1782/2003 by the Scottish Ministers.

(2) The land must also be compliant with any particular eligibility or site requirements specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 in relation to the particular activity under the relevant area related option.

(3) In declaring the land in the application for aid under paragraph (1), the applicant must use the unique identification number for each reference parcel of land under or compatible with the identification system for agricultural parcels referred to in Article 20 of Council Regulation 1782/2003 and Article 6 of Commission Regulation 796/2004 where that number exists at the date of the application.