# Budget (Scotland) Act 2009, Part 6: Rural Affairs and the Environment portfolio


Overall amount: £660,000,000
Type of accruing resources
Purpose
1. Funding from European agricultural and fisheries funds
EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) support, rural development and fisheries subsidy and grant schemes
2. Sale of carcasses; repayment of loans under Crofting Building Loan Scheme; bond fees and insurance; rents and wayleaves; recovery of costs in connection with land drainage; fees for CAP appeals; sales of produce; charges under livestock schemes; pension contributions from members of the Crofters Commission; charges for cattle passports; charges for relevant publications and statistics
Related rural and agricultural services expenditure
3. Charges for advisory visits, certifications, testing fish and hire of equipment
Related Fisheries Research Services and Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency expenditure
4. Repayment of loans by harbour authorities; charges for relevant publications and statistics
Related fisheries expenditure
5. Charges for plant health and control work, seed and variety testing and pesticides work; sales of produce; charges for advisory visits, certifications, testing plants and animals
Related rural services and rural payments and inspections expenditure
6. Sale of research results and publications; charges for licences under the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985; pension contributions from members of the Deer Commission
Expenditure on environmental services
7. Interest on Crofters Commission post Devolution voted loans
Expenditure on rural services

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2009/2/schedule/2/part/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/budget-scotland-act-2009/schedule-2/part-6
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