Scottish Statutory Instrument SI 2015/58 United Kingdom

The Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2015

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Farmer or Animal Keeper4 Contractor1

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Farmer or Animal Keeper — also bound by 80 other Acts
Contractor — also bound by 173 other Acts

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.015 Obligations to comply with agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment Regulated
  • Comply with agricultural practices for climate and environmentFarmer or Animal Keeper
s.018 Ecological Focus Areas Regulated
  • Establish and manage ecological focus areas on your arable landFarmer or Animal Keeper
s.020 Assistance to authorised persons Regulated
  • Assist authorised persons during inspectionsContractor
29 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement and extent
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Minimum size of agricultural area
s.004 Minimum eligible area of holding
s.005 Definition of permanent grassland
s.006 Applications and date on which land must be at farmer's disposal
s.007 Short rotation coppice
s.008 Reductions
s.009 Transfer of payment entitlements
s.010 Young farmers
s.011 Agricultural activity
s.012 Active farmers
s.013 Reduction coefficient
s.014 Windfall profit
s.015 National reserve
s.016 Crop diversification
s.017 Permanent grassland
s.017 Permanent grassland: obligation to prepare a plan in respect of the application of inorganic nitrogen fertiliser and lime
s.018 Voluntary coupled support
s.019 Powers of authorised persons
s.021 Offences and penalties
s.022 Offences by bodies corporate, etc.
s.023 Recovery of undue payments
s.024 Interest
s.025 Set off
s.026 Amendment to the Rural Payments (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2009
s.027 Amendment to the Common Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2014
s.028 Revocations and savings
s.para.49 Armoricaine; Australian Lowline; Ayrshire; Ayrshire Cross; Belted Dutch; Belted Dutch...
Schedules

Schedules

2 of 17 shown
s.sch001 The criteria are— (a) in respect of agricultural areas other... Regulated
  • Control injurious weeds and maintain agricultural landFarmer or Animal Keeper
s.sch001 (1) A farmer must— (a) stock the land for a... Regulated
  • Stock land for 183 days or do environmental assessment annuallyFarmer or Animal Keeper
15 other schedules
s.sch002 Nitrogen-fixing crops must not be harvested before 1st August in...
s.sch002 Areas with nitrogen-fixing crops must be surrounded by a buffer...
s.sch002 (1) Areas with nitrogen fixing crops must be established by...
s.sch002 In this Part, “areas with nitrogen fixing crops” means areas...
s.sch003 Interpretation
s.sch003 Application for a Scheme payment
s.sch003 Eligible bovine animal
s.sch003 Derogation for claims of ten calves or fewer
s.sch003 Scheme payments
s.sch003 Interpretation
s.sch003 Application for a Scheme payment
s.sch003 Eligible ovine animal
s.sch003 Scheme payments
s.schedule/1/part/3/paragraph/wrapper1n2 In Part 2, “dairy ring fence area” means— the islands...
s.schedule/2/part/2/paragraph/wrapper3n2 Alfalfa (Medicago stiva) Beans (Vicia) Birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) Chickpeas...

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