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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rural-stewardship-scheme-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rural-stewardship-scheme-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2001/300",
  "legislation_title": "The Rural Stewardship Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rural-stewardship-scheme-scotland-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Rates of payment",
  "text": "(1) The amount of aid payable under regulation 3(1) shall, subject to the provisions of this regulation, be calculated with reference to the activity undertaken, and the rate of payment in respect of each activity described in column 1 of Schedule 4 shall be the rate shown opposite the entry for that activity in column 2 of that Schedule.\n(2) Where activities are to take place on areas of in-bye land of 100 hectares or more, areas of rough grazings (including moorland) of 1000 hectares or more or areas of common grazings of 2000 hectares or more, the amount of aid payable under regulation 8(1) shall be reduced to 80% of the amount calculated in accordance with regulation 8(1).\n(3) The amount payable under regulation 3(4) in respect of an environmental audit or a moorland management plan shall be determined by reference to the rates of payment specified in column 2 of Part III of Schedule 4 corresponding to such audit or plan.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "ssi/2005/620",
      "affecting_title": "The Rural Stewardship Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/300/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:45:29.268092+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."
}