Regulation 3 Amendment of the Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2015

Part 1 (voluntary coupled support – bovine animals) of schedule 3 (voluntary coupled support) of the Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2015^f1 is amended as follows.

In paragraph 1 (interpretation), after the definition for “identification document” insert—

• ““qualifying bovine animal” means—

  1. (a)

     a bovine animal that has a cattle passport; or

  2. (b)

     a deceased bovine animal that had a cattle passport immediately prior to its  death;”.

In paragraph 3 (eligible bovine animal), after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba)

which is—

(i)

the first bovine animal born by its mother in Scotland; or

(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;”.