Withdrawal from the scheme
If you withdraw from a Menu Scheme option which has a 5 year commitment, we will take appropriate measures (except where 'force majeure' applies - see Breaking the Rules or Conditions). If you want to withdraw from any five year option you should write to your SEERAD area office explaining why.You will normally need to repay any menu-scheme payments you have already received, plus interest.You may also have to pay a penalty.
Selling or leasing all or part of your holding
If the new occupier of the land does not take on the Menu Scheme obligations you have committed to, you will normally need to repay all or part of the menu-scheme payments you have already received, plus interest.
Change of occupiers under a joint application
If a tenant or licensee stops having control over the land during the five years of an option, the landlord or new tenant must enter into a 'successor's agreement' within three months of the tenancy or licence ending. If the successor's agreement is not completed within three months the original tenant or licensee would have to repay the scheme payments already paid, with interest. Depending on the circumstances, the tenant or licensee may have to pay a penalty.
You must let your SEERAD area office know about any changes affecting the legal occupiers of the land the scheme applies to.