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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-direct-payments-etc-scotland-regulations-2015/schedule-3/paragraph-8",
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  "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/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Scheme payments",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a Scheme payment to be made in respect of an eligible ovine animal must be determined by the Scottish Ministers in accordance with—\n(a) Article 52(3) of the Direct Payments Regulation;\n(b) Article 52(6) of the Direct Payments Regulation; and\n(c) Article 53(2) of the Direct Payments Delegated Regulation.\n(2) A Scheme payment may be made in respect of an eligible ovine animal up to a maximum of one animal for every 4 hectares of agricultural area declared by the applicant for the purposes of a payment under Chapter 1 of Title III (basic payment scheme) of the Direct Payments Regulation on a single application in the relevant Scheme year and comprising parcels of land in region 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/58/schedule/3/paragraph/8",
    "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."
}