Scottish Government

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CONTENTS

Introduction
1. About the Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme ( LFASS).
2. Your Claim.
3. What if my IACS and/or Land is outwith Scotland.
4. Common and Shared Grazings; and Seasonal and Short Term Lets.
5. Forage Transfer Arrangements.
6. Calculation of Livestock Units.
7. Stocking Density.
8. Environmental Measures: Enterprise Mix.
9. Claims based on existing information (including Milk Quota)
10. Claims requiring Additional Information:
10.1 Animal Numbers.
10.2 Businesses with Land outwith the Scottish LFA.
11. How will my payment be calculated?
11.1 Eligible Forage Land.
11.2 Ineligible Land used for Dairying outwith the LFASS: Ring-Fence Milk Quota Area.
11.3 Avoiding Over-Compensation: Minimum and Maximum Stocking Densities.
11.4 Eligible Activity undertaken in 2001: Grazing Category Value.
11.5 Environmental Measure: Mix of Livestock Maintained.
11.6 Rates of Aid.
11.7 Calculation of your Area Based Entitlement.
11.8 Minimum Payment.
12. How and when will I get my payment?
13. Inspections.
14. Penalties and Repayment of Support.
14.1 LFASS Penalties.
14.2 Good Farming Practice Penalties.
14.3 IACS Penalties which affect LFASS.
14.4 Repayment.
15. Land Classification: Applications for LFA classification and appeals against decisions; and appeals against grazing category.
16. Appeals and Complaints Procedure.
16.1 Appeals against Decisions.
16.2 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 Environmental Controls.
ANNEX E Parish List.
ANNEX F List of SEERAD Area Offices.