Paragraph 2 Application for a Scheme paymentF1

(1)

An applicant may, F2..., submit an application F3by 14th January following the end of the calendar year to which the Scheme payment relates to the Scottish Ministers in respect of any eligible bovine animal.

(2)

A Scheme payment for a particular Scheme year is to be made in respect of an application made F4made in accordance with sub-paragraph (1).

(3)

An application is to be made in such form and include such information as may be specified by the Scottish Ministers.

(4)

In accordance with Article 3 of the Horizontal Implementing Regulation, an application may be withdrawn in writing in respect of any bovine animal included in that application.

(5)

In respect of any bovine animal for which an application is made, that application must include—

(a)

the eartag identification code;

(b)

details concerning the identification document which has been issued in respect of that animal; and

(c)

such other information as the Scottish Ministers may require.

(6)

For the purposes of this paragraph, an applicant must have submitted a single application in accordance with these Regulations in the Scheme year.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Schs. 3, 4 inserted (27.6.2015) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/215), reg. 1(3), sch.
F2: Words in sch. 3 para. 2(1) omitted (31.12.2025) by virtue of The Rural Support (Improvement) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/397), regs. 1(1), 3(5)(b)(i)
F3: Words in sch. 3 para. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2025) by The Rural Support (Improvement) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/397), regs. 1(1), 3(5)(b)(ii)
F4: Words in sch. 3 para. 2(2) substituted (31.12.2025) by The Rural Support (Improvement) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/397), regs. 1(1), 3(5)(c)