The Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014

Made: 9th January 2014

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 13th January 2014

Coming into force: 1st March 2014

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st March 2014.

Amendment of the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2010

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The Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2010 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 6.

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In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “Scheme 2013 payment” insert—

“Scheme 2014 payment” means the sum to which the applicant is entitled in respect of the period 1st January 2014 to 31st December 2014;

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In regulation 3 (eligibility for payment of less favoured area support)—

• (a) in paragraph (1), after “Scheme Year” insert “ , other than the Scheme Year commencing on 1st January 2014, ”; and

• (b) after paragraph (1) insert—

(1A) Payment of less favoured area support may be made to an applicant in respect of the Scheme Year commencing on 1st January 2014 only if that applicant has, in the opinion of the Scottish Ministers, met the requirements of cross compliance on the applicant's holding throughout that Scheme Year.

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In regulation 10(2) (enterprise mix) for “or the Scheme 2013 payment” substitute “ , the Scheme 2013 payment or the Scheme 2014 payment ”.

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In Schedule 5 (rates of payment for less favoured area support)—

• (a) in Part I (more disadvantaged land), in the second column of the table, after “Scheme 2013 payment”, insert “ , Scheme 2014 payment ”; and

• (b) in Part II (less disadvantaged land), in the second column of the table, after “Scheme 2013 payment”, insert “ , Scheme 2014 payment ”.

Amendment of the Rural Payments (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2009

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Signed

RICHARD LOCHHEAD — A member of the Scottish Government — 2014-01-09

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

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”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), section 3(3) and Schedule, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), in so far as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act.

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2010/273, amended by S.S.I. 2011/73, S.S.I. 2012/24 and S.S.I. 2013/9.

[^f00003]: S.S.I. 2009/376, as amended by S.S.I. 2010/273, S.S.I. 2011/415 and S.S.I. 2012/143.

Amendment of the Rural Payments (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2009

Editorial notes

[^c21992081]: 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”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), section 3(3) and Schedule, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), in so far as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act.

[^c21992091]: S.S.I. 2010/273, amended by S.S.I. 2011/73, S.S.I. 2012/24 and S.S.I. 2013/9.

[^key-d450218ab18835c6493070b359d21b9b]: Reg. 7 revoked (12.6.2015) by The Rural Payments (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/194), regs. 1(1), 11(1)(b)(ii) (with reg. 11(2)(3))