The Common Agricultural Policy Single Farm Payment and Support Schemes (Scotland) Regulations 2011

Made: 22nd November 2011

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 24th November 2011

Coming into force: 1st January 2012

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PART 1 — Introduction

Citation, commencement and extent

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — Single Farm Payment Scheme

Regional application

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Minimum requirements for receiving direct payments

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Transfers

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PART 3 — Voluntary Modulation

Voluntary modulation

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PART 4 — The Scottish Beef Scheme

Interpretation of Part 4

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Application for a Scheme payment

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Eligible animal

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Scheme Payments

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Scheme penalties

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Exceptions from scheme penalties

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Administration and enforcement of the Scottish Beef Scheme

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PART 5 — Revocations and Savings

Revocations and Savings

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SCHEDULE 1 — The Scottish Beef Scheme ineligible breeds

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SCHEDULE 2 — The Scottish Beef Scheme administration and enforcement

Interpretation

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Powers of authorised persons

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Assistance to authorised persons

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Withholding and recovery of payments

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Set off

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Rate of interest

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Offences

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Penalties

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Time limit for prosecutions

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Offences by bodies corporate

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SCHEDULE 3 — Revocations

Column 1Regulations revoked	Column 2References	Column 3extent of revocation
The Common Agricultural Policy Single Farm Payment and Support Schemes (Scotland) Regulations 2005	S.S.I. 2005/143	The whole Regulations.
The Common Agricultural Policy Single Farm Payment and Support Schemes (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005	S.S.I. 2005/257	The whole Regulations.
The Common Agricultural Policy Single Farm Payment and Support Schemes (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007	S.S.I. 2007/ 414	The whole Regulations.
Common Agricultural Policy (Single Farm Payment and Support Schemes and Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008	S.S.I. 2008/184	Regulation 2(a) and Schedule 1.
Common Agricultural Policy (Single Farm Payment and Support Schemes and Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009	S.S.I. 2009/391	Regulations 2 to 14.

Signed

RICHARD LOCHHEAD — A member of the Scottish Executive — 2011-11-22

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”)). Section2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) (“the 2008 Act”), section 3(3) and Schedule, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the 2006 Act and was amended by the 2008 Act, Schedule, Part 1.

[^f00002]: OJ L 316, 2.12.2009, p.1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 331/2011 (OJ L 93, 7.4.2011, p.16).

[^f00003]: OJ L 316, 2.12.2009, p.65, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 173/2011 (OJ L 49, 24.2.2011, p.16).

[^f00004]: OJ L277, 21.10.2005, p.1, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 473/2009 (OJ L 144, 9.6.2009, p.3).

[^f00005]: OJ L 95, 5.4.2007, p.1, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (OJ L 30, 31.1.2009, p.16).

[^f00006]: OJL30, 31.1.2009, p.16, as last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 785/2011 (OJ L 203, 6.8.2011, p10).

[^f00008]: OJL204, 11.8.2000, p.1, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p.1).

[^f00009]: 2000 c.7, relevantly amended by paragraph 158 of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c.21).

[^f00010]: As funded in Scotland under the Scotland Rural Development Programme 2007-2013.

[^f00011]: S.S.I. 2007/174, amended by S.S.I. 2007/312, S.I.2011/1043 and S.S.I.2011/.

[^f00013]: S.S.I.2005/143, amended by S.S.I.2005/257, S.S.I.2007/414, S.S.I.2008/184 and S.S.I.2009/391 and revoked by these Regulations.

[^f00014]: OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p.1, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 473/2009 of 25 May 2009 (OJ L 144, 9.6.2009, p.3).

[^f00015]: 1995 c.46.

Editorial notes

[^key-0edc6ee82fa75d4e02d9f00a9003722c]: Regulations revoked (16.3.2015) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/58), regs. 1, 28(1)(a) (with reg. 28(2))

Voluntary adjustment of direct payments in 2013

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