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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-single-farm-payment-and-support-schemes-scotland-amendment-regulations-2005/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2005/257",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Agricultural Policy Single Farm Payment and Support Schemes (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-single-farm-payment-and-support-schemes-scotland-amendment-regulations-2005",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Common Agricultural Policy Single Farm Payment and Support Schemes (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (“the principal Regulations”).\nThey update references to Community instruments in the principal Regulations to refer to Commission Regulations (EC) No. 394/2005 (O.J. No. L 63, 10.3.2005, p.17), (EC) No. 118/2005 (O.J. No. L 24, 27.1.2005, p.15) and (EC) No. 606/2005 (O.J. No. L 100, 20.4.2005, p.15) (“Regulation 606/2005”) (regulation 2(2)(a)(ii) and (iii)).\nThey amend regulation 6 of the principal Regulations to authorise farmers to make use of the possibility introduced by Regulation 606/2005 to fix two different dates for the beginning of the 10 month period for which parcels of eligible land have to be at the farmer’s disposal to qualify for the Single Farm Payment Scheme (regulation 2(3)).\nThe Regulations also correct minor errors in the definitions and revocations in the principal Regulations (regulation 2(2)(a)(i) and (b) and (4)).\nA full Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as it has no impact on the cost of business.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/257/note",
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  "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."
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