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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/less-favoured-area-support-scheme-scotland-regulations-2002/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/less-favoured-area-support-scheme-scotland-regulations-2002/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2002/139",
  "legislation_title": "The Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/less-favoured-area-support-scheme-scotland-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Rates of basic payment of less favoured area support",
  "text": "(1) The basic payment of less favoured area support for eligible land shall be at the rates set out in Schedule 3 per hectare of eligible land for Moorland, Northern Upland and Southern Upland holdings.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the Scottish Ministers must classify a holding which has eligible land within one or more of the following three categories:–\n(a) Moorland;\n(b) Northern Upland; or\n(c) Southern Upland.\n(3) For the purposes of this regulation–\n(a) “Moorland” means a holding with poor grazings, a short grazing season and a low stocking density due to poor or insufficient arable land;\n(b) “Northern Upland” means a holding situated within the Highlands and Islands area which is not classified as Moorland; and\n(c) “Southern Upland” means a holding situated outwith the Highlands and Islands area which is not classified as Moorland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/139/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:42:08.923432+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."
}