Advice on filling in the application form

Contents

Front page - Business details

Section

1. LMO continuing commitments

2. Calculating your allowance for LMO

3. Choosing new Land Managers Options

4. Membership of Food Quality Assurance Scheme Details

5. Management of linear features - Shared Boundary Agreement

6. Vet practice details

7. Land ownership and control

8. Checklist

9. Declarations and Undertakings

10. Vet practice details

11. Land ownership and control


Front page - Business details

If your name and address have been preprinted check the details, make any necessary amendments and notify your SGRPID Area Office. If the form is blank fill in your details.

Please tick the appropriate box to confirm the VAT registration for your business.

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LMO continuing commitments

Question 1

We have listed your current commitments for LMO land based options. Some amendments may not have been captured prior to this information being turned around so check that the commitments listed are correct and amend if necessary.

Question 2

We have listed your specific actions for the LMO Animal welfare management programme. Please check that the specific actions are correct and amend if necessary. Any amendments to your list of specific actions must have been agreed with your vet and documented in your Management Plan. You must provide your SGRPID Area Office with written confirmation of this agreement.

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Calculating your allowance for LMO

Question 3 - Calculate your area

You have a maximum yearly allowance (the most you can claim in that year) for LMO based on the total area of land you declared in your SAF including any allocation of common grazings. Enter the total area of land declared on your SAF data sheets. If you have common grazings, use the previous year's allocation unless you know it has changed.

Question 4 - Calculating your allowance available for new LMO options

Use the figure for total land from question 3 to work out your total allowance. Deduct the amounts used for existing LMO commitments (these figures will be printed). This gives the allowance available to you to undertake new LMO commitments.

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Question 5 - Choosing new Land Managers Options

Complete your choice of options using the codes and payment rates listed in the tables below. We will accept this choice of options as a contract to carry out these commitments in full. If you do not meet all the requirements of your selected options, that will be treated as a breach and financial penalties may apply.

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Question 6 - Membership of Food Quality Assurance Scheme Details

If you apply for this option fill in details of your membership of any eligible Food Quality Assurance Schemes. Costs entered can include VAT unless you are VAT registered. The total amount entered must match your entry for this option in section 3.

Eligible schemes are listed below:

NameScheme codes
Lion eggsLQE
Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF) marqueLM
Freedom FoodsFF
Scottish Quality Wild Venison Assurance SchemeSQWVAS
QMS: Quality Meat Assurance Scheme - Cattle and SheepQMSCS
QMS: Quality Meat Assurance Scheme - PigsQMSP
Scottish Quality Farm Asssured Combinable Crops SchemeSQFACC
Scottish Organic Producers Certification SchemeSOPCS
Soil Association Assurance SchemeSAAS
Organic Food FederationOFF
Organic Farmers and Growers - Organic Assurance SchemeOFG
Biodynamic Agricultural AssociationBAA


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Question 7 - Management of linear features - Shared Boundary Agreement

Forms are available from your SGRPID Area Office and can be downloaded here .

A Shared Boundary Agreement form must be completed where you have applied for new management of a linear feature and you share responsibility for the maintenance with your neighbour.

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Question 8 - Vet practice details

If you are participating in the LMO Animal Welfare option, please enter the name and address of your vet practice so that we can contact them on your behalf.

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Land ownership and control

You and your landlord/principal tenant must complete this section if you do not have five year control of the land and are undertaking new land based options with five year commitments. This will make sure that someone is responsible for meeting the requirements of the options for the full five years.

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Checklist

Ensure that you submit items as detailed in the checklist.

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Declarations and Undertakings

This should be signed by you (the person making the application) or your authorised agent. Please read these sections carefully before signing the application form.

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Page updated: Wednesday, March 16, 2011