5. Amendments and additions
You can amend your SAF up to and including 1 June 2009 to:
- add agricultural parcels of land;
- change the use of land parcels;
- change the schemes claimed for individual parcels of land.
If we receive amendments on or after 2 June 2009, we will apply a 1% late submission penalty to each parcel amended, for each working day the amendment is late. We will not accept any amendments after 9 June 2009.
Obvious error
You can correct mistakes in your SAF, without penalty at any time, if we classify them as an obvious error. As a general rule we have to detect the obvious error from the information you gave us in the aid application submitted. An obvious error is one of a purely clerical nature that is obvious to us during a basic examination of the aid application or an error detected as a result of a coherence check (that is contradictory information). We have to be satisfied that you acted in good faith and there is no possibility that fraud or dishonesty is involved.
Please note we do not consider your failure to submit a claim or application under any of the schemes listed in section 1 to be an obvious error.
Notified error
After you send us your SAF you may realise you have made a mistake. For example you have included in error an area of land that is ineligible for the payment you have claimed. You can correct any mistakes in your SAF at any time if:
- you notify your SGRPID area office in writing;
- we have not told you of the error first; and
- we have not told you of an intended inspection, which subsequently reveals the error.
Your SAF cannot be amended after 9 June 2009 to increase areas claimed. If you notify us of a mistake after that date, we will correct your SAF and we will not penalise you but you cannot receive payment on the adjusted area.
Withdrawal
You can withdraw all or part of your SAF at any time if:
- you apply in writing to your SGRPID area office, identifying the land parcel, the area in question and the relevant data sheet;
- we have not told you of an error in your SAF; and
- we have not told you of an intended inspection, which subsequently reveals an error in the area you wish to withdraw.