# The Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Paragraph 5: Interpretation


In this Part—
“applicable requirements” means the requirements in relation to—
(a)means of identification;
(b)replacement means of identification; and
(c)holding register and movement requirements;
“applicant” means a farmer—
(a)whose holding is wholly or partly situated in Scotland and who, at the time of submitting an application, is producing sheepmeat on any agricultural areas of any part of the holding situated in Scotland comprising parcels of land in region 3; and
(b)in respect of any part of whose holding is situated in Scotland—
(i)at least 80 per cent of the total agricultural area declared for the purposes of a payment under Chapter 1 of Title III (basic payment scheme) of the Direct Payments Regulation on that farmer’s single application in the Scheme year comprises parcels of land in region 3; and
(ii)no more than 200 hectares of that area declared comprises parcels of land in region 1;
“application” means an application for a Scheme payment under paragraph 6;
“eligible ovine animal” has the meaning given in paragraph 7;
“holding”, for the purposes of paragraph 7, means a holding defined in Article 2 of Regulation 21/2004;
“holding register and movement requirements” means the requirements under—
(a)Articles 5(1), (3) and (5), 6(1) and (3) and 8(2) of Regulation 21/2004; and
(b)articles 22, 23 and 25 of the Sheep and Goats Order;
“means of identification” means the requirements on the first and second means of identification under—
(a)Articles 4(1) and (2)(a) and (b) and 9 of, and Sections A.1 to A.4 and A.6 of the Annex to, Regulation 21/2004; and
(b)articles 5, 30 and 37 of the Sheep and Goats Order,
as read with Article 30(5) of the Horizontal Delegated Regulation;
“ovine animal” means an animal of the ovine species;
“region 1” means the region applied by the Scottish Ministers under and in accordance with Article 23(1) of the Direct Payments Regulation as region 1 of Scotland and comprising parcels of land that are arable land, permanent grassland or temporary grassland other than rough grazing land;
“Regulation 21/2004” means Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC and 64/432/EEC;
“replacement means of identification” means the requirements on removal and replacement of the means of identification under Article 4(6) of Regulation 21/2004 and articles 14, 15, 18 and 19 of the Sheep and Goats Order;
“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;
“Scheme year” means the calendar year in which a particular application is made under paragraph 6; and
“Sheep and Goats Order” means the Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (Scotland) Order 2009.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/58/schedule/3/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-direct-payments-etc-scotland-regulations-2015/schedule-3/paragraph-5
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