{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/less-favoured-area-support-scheme-scotland-regulations-2010/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/less-favoured-area-support-scheme-scotland-regulations-2010/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2010/273",
  "legislation_title": "The Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/less-favoured-area-support-scheme-scotland-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Payment of less favoured area support",
  "text": "The Scottish Ministers may, in respect of a Scheme Year, pay less favoured area support to an applicant who in their opinion—\n(a) actively farms eligible land—\n(i) which is not less than 3 hectares; and\n(ii) for a period or periods totalling not less than 183 days during the Scheme Year; and\n(b) is an active farmer within the meaning of Article 9 of the Direct Payments Regulation.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 substituted (9.6.2015) by The Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/185), regs. 1, 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/273/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:54:42.207557+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."
}