Rural Development Contracts (Rural Priorities) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. No. 307 of 2012).

These Regulations amend the Rural Development Contracts (Rural Priorities) (Scotland) Regulations 2008: to remove the condition that a beneficiary may make a maximum of one claim in any one year and a maximum of 5 claims during the period of their contract in option 75 (erosion control) in Part 1 of Schedule 2; in option 80 (open grazed grassland management for chough) in Part 1 of Schedule 2 so as to: a) clarify that livestock must only be treated with non-Avermectin based drugs unless advised by a veterinary surgeon and with the prior agreement from the Scottish Ministers; b) change the latest date for cutting silage; and c) add a new condition requiring that hay and silage be cut in a wildlife friendly manner.