Regulation 6 Amendment of the principal Regulations

for sub-paragraph (a)(iii) and (iv) there shall be substituted–

“(iii)

the area of land, if any, which already meets UKROFS standards; and

(iv)

the area of land, if any, on which organic farming is to be introduced or which is in the course of conversion to organic farming”;

for sub-paragraph (d) and (e) there shall be substituted–

“(d)

where the applicant chooses to phase the conversion of his farm to organic farming, a written statement of the conversion plan; and

(e)

confirmation that his conversion proposals meet UKROFS standards.”; and

there shall be added at the end–

“(f)

where an application is made by a grazings committee–

(i)

the written consent of a majority of the crofters ordinarily resident in the township and sharing in the common grazing to the application; and

(ii)

evidence that notice has been given in accordance with regulation 6(4); and

(iii)

confirmation from the Crofters Commission that the Commission has approved the application or, as the case may be, has received no representation under regulation 6(4).”.