# The Common Agricultural Policy Single Farm Payment and Support Schemes (Scotland) Regulations 2005, Paragraph 5: Set off

Extent: S
Status: prospective

(1) Without prejudice to the amount of any sum payable by a competent authority to the Scottish Ministers, the amount of any sum payable by the Scottish Ministers under these Regulations or by a competent authority, whether as principal or agent, or by way of a specified payment with in the meaning of the IACS Regulations, may be set-off against the amount of any such sum recoverable by the Scottish Ministers or by a competent authority.
(2) In this regulation, “competent authority” has the meaning given in regulation 5 of the IACS Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/143/schedule/4/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-single-farm-payment-and-support-schemes-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-5
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