NOTES FOR GUIDANCE
These notes tell you about the Integrated Administration and Control System ( IACS) 2009. Please read them and the SAF Notes for Completion IACS (1a) carefully before you start to fill in your SAF, so you understand what you need to do. Contact your Scottish Government Rural Payments and Inspections Directorate area office if you need more information about:
Any scheme you are claiming under, which requires you to submit a SAF.
How to fill in the forms we have sent to you.
Or visit www.scotland.gov.uk/SAF09. Our staff can only give you general guidance, not specific business advice. If you have any doubts, ask a professional adviser for help.
Changes and important points to note
The EU has abolished set-aside. Please read the information note enclosed in your pack if you have SFPS set-aside entitlements. The note also reminds you what land you can use to claim your SFPS.
We are now collecting the land use information for the June Agricultural Census ( JAC) on the IACS (3) (Data Sheet for permanent land). If you rent out land seasonally you will have to tell us the use of this land. You will still need to complete a JAC but you will have fewer questions to answer because you will not need to give us your land use information again. Please read the information note enclosed in your pack and read Annex 4.
We have added several new land use codes to collect the JAC data. Please read the IACS (1a) (Notes for Completion) carefully before you complete your IACS (3) data sheet and make sure you select the land use code that best describes the use of the land.
If you hold an agreed contract under the RDCRP for annual recurrent options which are scheduled to be claimed in 2009, you must declare the land on the IACS (3) (Data Sheet for permanent land) and complete an Annual Recurrent Claim form.
The rules for LFASS 2009 have changed. Please read Annex 1.
You must now indicate which permanent and seasonal land parcels you farm, which contribute to your LFASS activity. Abandoned or inactive fields do not qualify.
We have clarified the land penalties that apply to LFASS.
If you are a new entrant to farming, or were not paid LFASS 2005 - 2007, at least 3 ha of the land you claim must have been included in the SAF 2005 of the business that farmed the land in 2005 and contributed to their LFASS 2006 payment.
Complete the SAF using Rural Payments Online and we will: give you up to date Single Farm Payment Scheme entitlement information calculate your totals automatically reduce the chance of you making mistakes provide 24 hour access and give you an instant receipt
For further information visit www.ruralpaymentsonline.com
or phone 0845 601 7597