{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organic-farming-scheme-wales-regulations-2001/schedule-1/part-1A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organic-farming-scheme-wales-regulations-2001/schedule-1/part-1A.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2001/424",
  "legislation_title": "The Organic Farming Scheme (Wales) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organic-farming-scheme-wales-regulations-2001",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/1A",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "1A",
  "heading": "Annual Organic Stewardship Aid in respect of Organic Parcels",
  "text": "1. AAPS eligible land and permanent crops\n— £35 per hectare\n2. Enclosed land\n— £35 per hectare\n3. Unenclosed land and grazed woodland\n— £10 per hectare\nIn Part I and Part 1A of this Schedule—\n“AAPS eligible land” means land which is “eligible land” within the meaning of the Arable Area Payments Regulations 1996;\n“coastal belt” means the strip of land between the high tide mark and the field boundary nearest to the sea;\n“grazed woodland” means woodland used for grazing by livestock;\n“moorland” means land represented by the areas coloured brown on the maps contained in the volume of maps marked “Moorland Map of Wales 1992”, deposited at the offices of the National Assembly for Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff;\n“enclosed land” means any land other than AAPS eligible land and permanent crops which is fully enclosed by traditional field boundaries or fences and which, if it includes moorland, does not comprise more than 5 hectares of moorland;\n“permanent crops” means any crops which occupy the soil for a period of five years or more and yield crops over several years;\n“slate fence” means a fence comprising pieces of slate hammered vertically into the ground in a line and attached to each other using wire;\n“traditional field boundaries” means structures such as hedges, stone walls, earth banks and slate fences customarily used to separate fields within a farm;\n“unenclosed land” means land which is moorland or coastal belt, other than enclosed land.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. 1A inserted (26.1.2004) by The Organic Farming Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/105), regs. 1, 11(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 inserted (26.1.2004) by The Organic Farming Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/105), regs. 1, 11(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/3142, amended by S.I. 1997/2969"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/424/schedule/1/part/1A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:17:58.950107+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."
}