{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-direct-payments-etc-scotland-regulations-2015/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-direct-payments-etc-scotland-regulations-2015/schedule-3/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/58",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-direct-payments-etc-scotland-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Eligible bovine animal",
  "text": "For the purposes of Article 53 of the Direct Payments Delegated Regulation and this Schedule, an eligible bovine animal means a bovine animal—\n(a) which genetically is at least 75 per cent of a breed of bovine animal other than a breed listed in Schedule 4;\n(b) which was born on the applicant’s holding on or after 2nd December 2014 and kept on that holding from birth for a continuous period of at least 30 days; ...\n(ba) which is—\n(i) the first bovine animal born by its mother in Scotland; or\n(ii) a bovine animal which was born by its mother in Scotland no later than 410 days following the date of birth of a qualifying bovine animal that has the same mother;\n(c) which is reared for the production of beef as part of a suckler beef herd; and\n(d) in respect of which the following requirements of the Cattle Identification Regulations have been complied with—\n(i) regulation 5 and schedule 1 (ear tags);\n(ii) regulation 6 and paragraph 2 of schedule 2 (notification of movement);\n(iii) regulation 7 and schedule 3 (cattle passports etc.); and\n(iv) regulation 8 and schedule 4 (records).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in sch. 3 para. 3(b) omitted (15.3.2017) by virtue of The Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/98), regs. 1, 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 3(ba) inserted (1.1.2025) by The Rural Support (Improvement) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/380), regs. 1, 3(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 3(c)(d) substituted for sch. 3 para. 3(c) (15.3.2017) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/98), regs. 1, 4(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/58/schedule/3/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:31:08.903068+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}