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Article 5 Soil reportF1F2

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(1)

A soil report (in this paragraph, a “report”) must have been prepared not more than five years before the start of the claim year to which it relates.

(2)

A report must provide the specified information for each field on the holding that is—

(a)

region 1 land managed on a permanent basis; and

(b)

land to which an artificial fertiliser or organic manure is applied.

(3)

The specified information is any two of—

(a)

the pH of the soil;

(b)

the amount of organic matter in the soil;

(c)

the amount of phosphorus in the soil;

(d)

the amount of potassium in the soil.

(4)

In this paragraph—

(a)

“region 1” means the region applied by the Scottish Ministers under and in accordance with Article 23(1) as region 1 of Scotland and comprising better quality agricultural land;

(b)

a reference to land managed on a permanent basis does not include land—

(i)

let for a period of less than a year; and

(ii)

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Regulation revoked (E.) (1.1.2024) by The Agriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1430), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 3 para. 1 Table 1 (with Sch. 3 Pt. 2)

F2

Annex 9a inserted (S.) (5.3.2025) by The Rural Support (Improvement) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/59), regs. 1, 3(3)