Scottish Government

Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme
LFASS 2003
EXPLANATORY NOTES

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CONTENTS

Introduction
Important changes
1. About the Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme (LFASS).
2. Your Claim.
3. IACS and/or Land outwith Scotland.
4. Claims based on existing information (including Milk Quota).
5. Claims requiring Additional Information:
5.1 Animal Numbers.
5.2 Businesses with Land outwith the Scottish LFA.
6. Common and Shared Grazings; Seasonal and Short Term Lets; and Forage Transfer Arrangements.
7. Calculation of Livestock Units.
8. Stocking Density.
9. How will my payment be calculated?
9.1. Eligible Forage Land.
9.2. Eligible Activity undertaken in 2001: Grazing Category Value.
9.3. Ineligible Land used for Dairying outwith the LFASS Ring-Fence Milk Quota Area.
9.4. Avoiding Over-Compensation: Minimum and Maximum Stocking Densities.
9.5. Environmental Measure: Mix of Livestock Maintained.
9.6. Rates of Aid.
9.7. Calculation of your Area Based Entitlement.
9.8. Safety Net Arrangements.
9.9. Minimum Payment.
10. How and when will I get my payment?
11. Inspections.
12. Penalties and Repayment of Support.
12.1. LFASS Penalties.
12.2. IACS Penalties which affect LFASS.
12.3. Repayment.
13. Land Classification: Applications for LFA classification and appeals against decisions; and appeals against grazing category.
14. Appeals and Complaints Procedure.
14.1 Appeals against Decisions.
14.2 Complaints about Standard of Service.
ANNEX A Calculation of Livestock Units and Stocking Density.
ANNEX B Payment Calculation Examples.
ANNEX C Good Farming Practice Guidelines - Scotland.
ANNEX D Parish List.
ANNEX E List of SEERAD Area Offices