Scottish Government

ARABLE AREA PAYMENTS SCHEME 2003

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CONTENTS

A. The Scheme - Summary
Introduction
Rule Changes for 2003
Yield Regions
Application
Checklist: Key Dates Pages
B. Area Payments: General Rules
General Rules
Land Eligibility
What is Eligible for AAPS Aid
Special Conditions for Flax and Hemp
What is Ineligible for AAPS Aid
Exceptions to the Definition of Ineligible Land
Ineligible Land in Linseed in 1992 or 1993
Switching Eligible Land for Ineligible Land
Field Margins
Eligible Crops
Sowing Dates
Husbandry Standards
Establishment and Maintenance of Crops
Crop Failures
Minimum Plot and Application Sizes
Penalties
C. Set-Aside
Your Set-Aside Requirement
Eligibility of Land for Set-Aside
Multi-Annual Set-Aside
Additional Voluntary Set-Aside
Structural Set-Aside
Woodland Schemes
Habitats Scheme
Growing Organic Fodder Legumes on Set-Aside Land
Short Rotation Coppice and Other Biomass Crops on Set-Aside
Use of Set-Aside Land during the Set-Aside Period
Agricultural Use
Non-Agricultural Uses
Research
Management of Set-Aside Land
Management of Set-Aside Land
Existing Cover
Natural Regeneration
Sown Green Cover
Wild Bird Cover
Type of Wild Bird Cover to Sow
Management of Wild Bird Cover
Bare Fallow
Compulsory Cut or Destruction
Exemptions from the Compulsory Cutting Requirement
Other Exemptions
How to Apply for an Exemption
Tenants
Weed and Volunteer Control
Herbicides
Use of Pesticides (other than Herbicides)
Legislation
Cultivation
Replacing a Green Cover
Miscellaneous Rules for Set-Aside Land
Manure and Wastes
Fertilisers
Liming
Drainage
Prevention of Illegal Access
Burning
Storage of Produce from the Previous Harvest
Use of the Land at the End of the Set-Aside Period
If You Wish to Leave the Land in Set-Aside
If You Wish to Sow a Crop on the Land for Harvest the Following Year
Growing Crops for Non-Food Use on Set-Aside Land
General Rules
Management Rules for Non-Food Set-Aside
Management Rules for Non-Food Set-Aside
Permitted End-Uses
Perennial/Biennial Crops
The Contract
Amendment of the Contract
Reductions of Area Under Contract
Inability to Provide Contract Quantity/Reduction of Area under Contract
Harvest
Representative Yield
After Delivery
Payment
Crops with No Food or Animal Feed Use Listed in Table 2
Eligible Crops
Permitted End-Uses
Obligations on the Farmer
D. Relationship with Other Schemes
Relationship with Other Schemes
Seed Certification
Seed Production Aid
E. Records
F. Appeals and Complaints
Appendix 1 How to calculate your set-aside requirement for 2003
Appendix 2 Small Producers
Appendix 3 Base Area (Production Ceiling) and Payment Rates
Appendix 4 Special conditions for rapeseed, linseed, flax and hemp
Appendix 5 Applicants with land in more than one yield region
Appendix 6 Selecting your Set-Aside Land
Appendix 7 Non-Food Set-Aside - Tables 1-3: CN Codes and Descriptions
Appendix 8 Multi-Annual Set-Aside
Appendix 9 SEERAD Area Offices and Other Government Contact Points