LegalizeThe Rural Development Contracts (Rural Priorities) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010
Made: 4th March 2010
Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 5th March 2010
Coming into force: 27th March 2010
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Citation and commencement
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Amendment of the Rural Development Contracts (Rural Priorities) (Scotland) Regulations 2008
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Amendment of Regulation 2
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Revocation of regulation 5
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Amendment to regulation 15
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Amendment to Schedule 1
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Amendment to Schedule 2
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Amendment to Schedule 3
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Transitional provisions
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SCHEDULE — Eligible capital items available through capital item Option 77
| Capital Item | Maximum Actual Cost |
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| Primary treatment of bracken | Up to £400 per hectare of infested land |
| Manual eradication of rhododendron | Up to £7,000 per hectare of infested land |
| Mechanised (and / or chemical) eradication of rhododendron | Up to £1,700 per hectare of infested land |
| Eradication of scrub / woody vegetation: | |
| Light vegetation | Up to £1,800 per hectare |
| Intermediate vegetation | Up to £2,550 per hectare |
| Heavy vegetation | Up to £3,750 per hectare |
| Removal from site of the cut shrub / woody vegetation: light vegetation cover | Up to £1,000 per hectare |
| Removal from site of the cut shrub / woody vegetation: intermediate vegetation cover | Up to £2,100 per hectare |
| Removal from site of the cut shrub / woody vegetation: heavy vegetation cover | Up to £2,900 per hectare |
| Stock fence | Up to £8 per metre |
| Enhancing / modifying a stock fence (in Black Grouse and Capercaillie core areas) | Up to £4 per metre |
| Upgrading stock to deer fence | Up to £5.51 per metre |
| Scare or temporary fencing | Up to £3 per metre |
| Rabbit proofing – existing or new stock / deer fence | Up to £3.79 per metre |
| Deer fence | Up to £13.79 per metre |
| Enhancing / modifying a deer fence (in Black Grouse and Capercaillie core areas) | Up to £14.11 per metre |
| Conversion of deer fence to stock fence (in Black Grouse and Capercaillie core areas) | Up to £4 per metre |
| Fence removal | Up to £4 per metre |
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| For stock fence | Up to £150 each |
| For deer fence | Up to £255 each |
| Stock bridge for bog management: | |
| Small bridge | Up to £340 per bridge |
| Large bridge (for ditch wider than 1.5m) | Up to £2,000 per bridge |
| Sand blow fencing | Up to £20 per metre |
| Planting of marram grass into areas threatened with erosion | Up to £16 per square metre |
| Creation or restoration of a pond | Up to £6 per square metre |
| Ditch blocking with plastic piling dams: | |
| Small ditches (up to 0.5m wide & deep) | Up to £120 per dam |
| Medium ditches (between 0.5m and 1m wide & deep) | Up to £240 per dam |
| Large ditches (between 1m and 2m wide and 0.5m and 1m deep) | Up to £1027.40 per dam |
Signed
RICHARD LOCHHEAD — A member of the Scottish Executive — 4th March 2010
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1972 c.68. Section2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), Schedule8, paragraph15(3) and the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), section 27(1) and was amended by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 c.7, Schedule 1(1), paragraph 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section53 of the Scotland Act 1998. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and was amended by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008, Schedule 1(1), paragraph 1.
[^f00002]: O.J. No. L 189, 20.7.2007, p.1 as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 967/2008 O.J. No. L 264, 3.10.2008, p.1.
[^f00003]: S.S.I. 2008/100 as amended by S.S.I. 2008/233, 2009/1, 2009/233; 2009/335 and 2009/411.
[^f00004]: 1981 c.69; section 16 was amended by the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 c.16, Schedule 11(1), paragraph 72(2).
Editorial notes
[^key-7eda8de9fdd7c3c7fd8453f648938450]: Regulations revoked (12.6.2015) by The Rural Development (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/192), reg. 1(1), sch. (with reg. 22(2))
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