# The Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Paragraph 1: Interpretation


In this Part—
“applicant” means a farmer whose holding is wholly or partly situated in Scotland and who, at the time of submitting an application, is producing beef or veal in any part of the holding situated in Scotland;
“application” means an application for a Scheme payment under paragraph 2;
“bovine animal” means an animal of the bovine species;
“Cattle Identification Regulations” means the Cattle Identification (Scotland) Regulations 2007;
“cattle passport” has the same meaning as in the Cattle Identification Regulations;
“eartag identification code” means the unique identification code for the purposes of Article 4(1) of Regulation 1760/2000 and regulation 5 of and Schedule 1 (ear tags) to the Cattle Identification Regulations;
“eligible bovine animal” has the meaning given in paragraph 3;
“holding”, for the purposes of paragraph 3, means a holding defined in Article 2 of Regulation 1760/2000;
“identification document” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Cattle Identification Regulations;
“qualifying bovine animal” means—
(a)a bovine animal that has a cattle passport; or
(b)a deceased bovine animal that had a cattle passport immediately prior to its death;
“Regulation 1760/2000” means Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Regulation (EC) No 820/97;
“Scheme payment” means a payment by way of coupled support under and in accordance with Chapter 1 of Title IV (voluntary coupled support) of the Direct Payments Regulation; and
“Scheme year” means the calendar year in respect of which a particular application for a Scheme payment is made under paragraph 2.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/58/schedule/3/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-direct-payments-etc-scotland-regulations-2015/schedule-3/paragraph-1
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