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Beef Special Premium Scheme 2003

NOTES FOR GUIDANCE

• These notes cover the Beef Special Premium Scheme (BSPS) 2003. Please read them carefully to make sure that you understand the scheme requirements.
• For more information please contact your SEERAD Area Office. SEERAD staff can not give you specific business advice. If in doubt, you may wish to get help from a professional adviser.

MAIN CHANGES

• The stocking density limit for Beef Special Premium and Suckler Cow Premium claims has been reduced to 1.8 Livestock Units per hectare for the 2003 scheme year: Section 9.1
• Payments for the 2003 scheme will be modulated at a flat rate of 3.5% to provide additional funds for Rural Development: Section 15.3
• You must declare that the data kept on the cattle tracing database relating to your animals is correct and complete and that you will rectify anything that is incorrect. You must also declare that you will update all movements relating to your holdings as they occur: Section 13
• You may now submit a 2003 claim up to 25 January 2004, however, a late claim penalty will apply: Section 4.2
• You must declare the farm code of all the retention locations of claimed animals, including your main farm code if applicable, on Section 2 of the claim form.

CONTENTS

1. Outline of the Scheme
2. Producers
3. Cattle Passports and Cattle Control Documents
4. Claiming premium
5. Retention Rules
6. Losses during the retention period
7. Withdrawals and notification of errors
8. Overgrazing and unsuitable supplementary feeding
9. Stocking density and Livestock Units
10. Extensification Payment Scheme
11. Cattle Inspections
12. Record keeping
13. Declarations and Undertakings
14. Penalties
15. Payments
16. Citizen's Charter targets
17. Data Protection Act
18. Appeals/Complaints Procedures
19. Legal Base
Annex A: List of Addresses and Telephone Numbers

1 Outline of the Scheme

• The Beef Special Premium Scheme, funded by the EC, gives direct support to beef producers;
• Premium is paid only on male cattle;
• you may lodge no more than 20 claims in the 2003 calendar year;
• the closing date for claims is 31 December 2003;
• you may claim premium twice in the life of a steer: first premium for steers aged from 7 months but under 20 months, and second premium for steers aged 20 months and over;
• you may claim premium only once in the life of a bull, from the age of 7 months;
• you must keep the claimed cattle on your holding for a retention period of 2 months;
• claims must be accompanied by each animal's passport or CCD;
• you must keep a herd record book showing the eartag numbers and details of all cattle on your holding in accordance with the Cattle Identification Regulations;
• you must submit an IACS Area Aid Application (AAA) giving details of your forage area unless you are exempt (see Section 9.5). If you do not submit your 2003 AAA by 15 May 2003, you may lose premium;
• after 16 October 2003, we can make an advance payment of 60%. The balance due will be paid between 1 April and 30 June 2004;
• we may carry out inspections on your holding to verify your claim.

2 Producers

2.1 Producers and holdings

Only an eligible producer can claim and be paid premium. A producer may be an individual, company, or partnership, or a group of individuals, companies or partnerships. A holding is all the production units (farms) managed by the producer whether entered on your IACS AAA or not.

If you manage more than one farm, then all your farms are taken together for the purposes of the Scheme. Unless you are exempt from the requirements you should submit one IACS AAA covering all your farms. The main farm code you enter on your Beef 5 claim forms should be the same main farm code you have entered/will enter on your IACS AAA. Please refer to the 2003 IACS explanatory booklet for more information.

2.2 Agents

You may authorise an agent to act for you and sign the claim forms. A form (AA1) is available for this purpose from your SEERAD Area Office. However, as the producer, you will be responsible for any penalties that might result from breaches of the rules. The claim form must bear the name and address of the producer who is eligible to receive the payment.

3 Cattle Passports and Cattle Control Documents

3.1 Cattle passports

Since 28 September 1998 cheque book style cattle passports have been issued by the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) in Workington. These passports include Beef Special Premium details. This means that male animals issued with a cheque book style passport do not need a separate Cattle Control Document (CCD) or Cattle Identification Document (CID).

If you claim Beef Special Premium on animals with cheque book style passports, the passports should be sent to your SEERAD Area Office with the claim form. Towards the end of the retention period your SEERAD Area Office will return the passports with the relevant premium status stamped on them. It is your responsibility to check that the returned passports are stamped with the correct premium. Each premium can only be claimed once on an animal. If you subsequently sell an animal with the incorrect premium stamp on its passport you may be liable to compensate the buyer.

For any information on cattle identification or traceability, you should contact BCMS on 0845 050 1234.

3.2 Cattle Control Documents (CCDs)

All male cattle registered before 28 September 1998 that are sold must be accompanied until slaughter by a Cattle Control Document (CCD). The CCD records the premium claimed and ensures that the first, second or bull premium is not claimed more than once on any animal. The colour of the CCD denotes its status:

• WHITE - no premium claimed
• BLUE - first premium claimed
• PINK - second or bull premium claimed

Do not amend the details on the front of a CCD. Complete the back of the CCD and send it to your SEERAD Area Office within 7 days if:

• an animal dies, is stolen or lost;
• the eartag number has been changed on an animal born before 1 January 1998;
• an animal is to be exported.

Failure to do so within 7 days is an offence.

In England and Wales, for animals registered prior to 28 September 1998, Cattle Identification Documents (CIDs) were issued. The print on the CIDs is colour coded on a white background: green print (no claim); blue print (first premium claimed); red print (second or bull premium claimed). CIDs are valid in Scotland and CCDs are valid in England and Wales.

4 Claiming Premium

4.1 Completing a BSPS Claim Form

There are two parts to the BEEF 5 form:

• The BEEF 5 STEER claim form is BROWN and should be used to claim premium on steers (castrated male bovines) which are 7 months and over at the start of the retention period. You no longer need to complete separate claim forms for 1st and 2nd premium. Steers will be paid the relevant premium according to their age on the first day of the retention period. There is no upper age limit for steers.
• The BEEF 5 BULL claim form is GREY and should be used to claim premium on bulls (uncastrated male bovines) which are 7 months and over at the start of the retention period. There is no upper age limit for bulls.

You may submit a maximum of 20 BEEF 5 claim forms during the 2003 Scheme.

For each animal claimed, you must enclose the passport or CCD.

You must sign the claim form or appoint an agent who has your written authority to do so on your behalf. Where an application is made by an IACS group, the application should be signed by an authorised representative of the group. Written authority of the signatory's status may be requested. If a claimant is a limited company (or other corporate body) the claim must be signed by a director, the company secretary or another duly authorised officer. The signatory should sign his or her own name and not the name of the business, or partnership.

4.2 Late Claims

Late claim penalties will be applied to 2003 claims where they are received after the scheme closing date. Payment on each claim that is received late will be reduced by 1% per working day, up to 25 calendar days after the scheme closing date. The deadline for late 2003 claim receipt is 25 January 2004. If a claim is received more than 25 days late no payment will be made on that claim.

5 Retention Rules

5.1 Retention Period

You must keep claimed cattle on your holding for 2 months. Note that the retention period cannot start until the correctly completed claim is received by your SEERAD Area Office. The retention period starts the day after your claim is lodged but may start from a later date if you have chosen one. A forward retention period may start no later than 2 months after the date your claim is received at your SEERAD Area Office. This enables you to enter younger animals on the form (from 5 months old for the first premium and from 18 months old for the second premium). If you want a later retention period, you should enter the date on which you wish it to start in the relevant box of Section 2 of the claim form. Please note that you must retain all animals on a claim for the same retention period.

When we send our acknowledgement letter it will show the date we received the claim and the first and last day of the retention period.

5.2 Location of animals and notification of movements

Please notify your SEERAD Area Office in advance and in writing if you wish to move any of the claimed cattle during the retention period from the location(s) you gave on your BSPS claim form. If you do not you will lose premium.

REMEMBER, you may only move the claimed cattle to another part of your holding or to agricultural shows.

5.3 Movement of animals to agricultural shows

Provided animals are supervised at all times, movement of animals to agricultural shows does not breach the retention rules. If you do intend to move any of your animals to a showground while they are serving a retention period, you should notify your SEERAD Area Office in writing, and in advance of the movement. REMEMBER, animals cannot be moved unless they are accompanied by their cattle passport. The cattle passports for the animals to be moved will be returned to you by your SEERAD Area Office.

6 Losses during the retention period

6.1 Losses due to natural circumstances

If, between submission of the claim and the start of the retention period, or during the retention period, you lose a claimed animal due to natural circumstances, you must notify the loss (giving details of the circumstances) in writing to your SEERAD Area Office within 10 working days of becoming aware of the loss. The period of 10 working days starts on the day following the discovery of the loss and expires at midnight 10 working days later.

Where an animal has been lost due to natural circumstances, provided the loss has been notified timeously, entitlement to premium on the reduced number of cattle kept during the retention period will remain, and the lost animal will not count against your stocking density.

6.2 Force majeure

Force majeure, is generally regarded as abnormal or unforeseeable circumstances beyond the control of the producer, the consequences of which could not have been avoided by reasonable action.

If for reasons of force majeure you are unable to comply with the undertaking to keep all the animals claimed during the retention period, you will be able to retain entitlement to premium on all the animals claimed and present on your holding immediately prior to the force majeure circumstances. SEERAD will consider each case on its merits. You should submit details in writing with relevant evidence to your SEERAD Area Office within 10 working days of your knowledge of the incident. Failure to meet this condition will rule out consideration as a case of force majeure. Losses notified in writing within 10 days which are not subsequently accepted under these provisions will be considered under the natural circumstances provisions and the rules at 6.1 will apply.

7 Withdrawals and notification of errors

7.1 Withdrawals

You may withdraw an entire claim, or individual animals from a claim, at any time provided you make your request in writing and we have not notified you of an inspection or of discrepancies in your claim. A withdrawn animal will revert to the premium status it held before the claim was submitted and will not count towards your stocking density limit for BSP and SCP claims.

7.2 Notified Errors

After you submit your claim form you may realise you have included in error an animal that is ineligible for the premium claimed. You may avoid penalties if you inform your SEERAD Area Office, in writing, of the mistake as soon as you discover it, provided we have not notified you of an inspection or of discrepancies in your claim.

Please note that it is not possible to correct a mistake which would involve increasing the number of animals claimed.

8 Overgrazing and unsuitable supplementary feeding

Overgrazing means grazing land with livestock in such numbers as to affect adversely the growth, quality, or species composition of vegetation (other than vegetation normally grazed to destruction) on that land to a significant degree.

If your land (including common land) is considered to be overgrazed, we will discuss with you the measures which are necessary to prevent that overgrazing continuing. Your premium will not be affected until you have been notified by your Area Office of the number of animals which we consider the land can support without overgrazing, and any conditions (for example changes in management practice) which are attached to our decision. Payment of premium for the BSP Scheme year following notification in respect of overgrazed land will then be restricted to the number notified to you.

If you do not take action to restrict the number of animals actually grazing overgrazed land or to comply with conditions notified to you during the 2003 BSP Scheme year, your premium under the 2003 and subsequent Scheme years may be withheld.

Unsuitable supplementary feeding means providing supplementary feed (other than to maintain livestock during abnormal weather conditions) in such a manner as to result in damage to vegetation through excessive trampling or poaching of the land by animals, or excessive rutting by vehicles.

If your supplementary feeding is considered to be unsuitable your SEERAD Area Office will contact you and discuss changes to your herd management which are required to prevent further damage. Please note that if you claim that weather conditions were abnormal, you will be asked to demonstrate that your usual feeding practice was not adequate to maintain your animals during the abnormal conditions.

Unless you take steps to change your feeding practice, your premium will be reduced by 10% in the first year and 20% in the following year and 100% thereafter.

9 Stocking density and Livestock Units

9.1 Stocking density

The number of animals on which premium is paid will be limited by the application of stocking density rules. Stocking Density is calculated in Livestock Units (LUs) per hectare of forage area. The stocking density limit for 2003 is 1.8 LUs per forage hectare, reduced from the previous limit of 1.9 LUs.

The forage area declared on your 2003 AAA form will be used for your stocking density calculation. If any discrepancies in the declared area are found, the penalties detailed in the 2003 IACS booklet will apply.

If you take over all the land declared by another producer on a 2003 IACS AAA, please contact your SEERAD Area Office. It may be possible in some circumstances for you to claim premium against the forage area declared in that application.

Detailed rules on forage area are explained in the IACS Booklet. Copies are available from your SEERAD Area Office

9.2 Livestock Units (LUs)

Livestock Units are calculated as follows:

• Dairy Cows (milk quota equivalent held by you on 31 March 2003: section 9.3):
  1.0 LU
• Breeding ewes on which 2003 Sheep Annual Premium has been claimed*:
  0.15 LU
• Male cattle on which 2003 Beef Special Premium has been claimed*, aged up to and including two years on the date the claim is lodged:
  0.6 LU
• Male cattle on which 2003 Beef Special Premium has been claimed*, aged over two years on the date the claim is lodged:
  1.0 LU
• Suckler Cows on which 2003 Suckler Cow Premium has been claimed*:
  1.0 LU
• Heifers on which 2003 Suckler Cow Premium has been claimed,* aged over 24 months old when the claim is lodged:
  1.0 LU
• Heifers on which 2003 Suckler Cow Premium has been claimed,* aged from 8 up to 24 months old when the claim is lodged:
  0.6 LU

* animals claimed means in this context, animals paid and animals deducted with penalty

Male cattle count towards your total of LUs each time you claim premium on them. Cattle and sheep on which you do not claim premium do not count as LUs when calculating your entitlement to BSP.

9.3 Dairy cows and milk quota

When we calculate your LUs for dairy cows, we use the milk quota you hold on 31 March 2003. The calculation will not include any transactions which have an operative date on or after 1 April 2003.

To calculate the number of dairy cows the rules require us to use an average UK milk yield of 5,900 kg (approximately 5730 litres) per cow (1.0 LU).

9.4 General

We need the details of your forage area, milk quota and any claim for Sheep Annual Premium to calculate your stocking density. When we receive your claim for Beef Special Premium or Suckler Cow Premium we calculate your total number of LUs. If you have any milk quota or claim Sheep Annual Premium, these will count towards your LUs total before we can authorise your claims.

If you exceed the stocking density limit of 1.8 LUs per hectare for BSP and SCP, you will be paid premium on your claims in the order in which they were received by SEERAD until the limit is reached. Male animals on which premium is not paid as a result of this reduction cannot qualify for premium in the same category in a following year.

9.5 Exemptions

You do not need o submit an IACS AAA if stocking density rules ot apply to you (unless you want to claim under the EPS or any of the other aid schemes covered by IACS)

You are exempt from the stocking density rules if your total number of LUs is 15 or less. However:

• If you do not submit a 2003 AAA and claim premium for more than 15 LUs you will not be entitled to BSP.
• If you submit a 2003 AAA and claim subsidy on more than 15 LUs your LU entitlement will be restricted to 1.8 x the forage area shown on your AAA.

Remember, for the purposes of the BSPS, cattle or sheep on which you do not claim premium do not count as LUs.

10 Extensification Payment Scheme (EPS)

If you wish to claim under the Extensification Payment Scheme 2003 you must confirm your participation in the scheme on your IACS AAA for 2003. For further information please refer to the EPS Notes for Guidance (EPS1 (2003)).

11 Cattle Inspections

We will check to make sure you comply with the rules of the Scheme. You must allow us to count and inspect your herd at any reasonable date and time. We may ask you to gather your animals at a convenient place on the holding, and you must provide secure handling facilities to make an eartag check possible.

Inspection visits may occur without notice and more than once a year. If you refuse to allow an inspection, or if you obstruct an inspecting officer or fail to give reasonable assistance, you will not be paid subsidy and you may be prosecuted.

Inspections will involve:

• all cattle on the holding being inspected, regardless of whether they are to be the subject of a Beef Special Premium claim and the result compared with the number of such animals listed in your herd register and BCMS records;
• a records check in respect of animals claimed in the previous 12 months. We will check that all retention periods have been complied with;
• a check of supporting documentation, for example purchase and sales receipts, slaughter certificates to ensure farm records are accurate;
• a check to ensure that animal movements have been notified to BCMS as required.

The law requires that you keep accurate and up-to-date records of all cattle on your holding and show them to our Inspectors when they visit your holding. If your records do not support your current or previous claims you will lose premium and have to re-pay premium already paid, plus interest.

Failure to hold the correct passports for animals, incorrect eartags and/or failure to record animal details correctly may result in your claim being reduced or rejected.

The "Livestock Subsidies Schemes Penalties from 2002" booklet provides information on how irregularities found at inspection will affect your payments.

12 Record keeping

You are required by the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998 (as amended) to keep a herd register giving details of all the cattle on your holding. You must keep your records up-to-date. If you do not, we will not pay you subsidy under the Livestock schemes. Also, the Trading Standards Department of your local authority has responsibility to enforce the law on herd records and cattle ear tags. The records should cover the following:

• dates of birth;
• dam's eartag number (if born on your holding);
• sex;
• breed;
• dates of arrival and where the animals have come from (if not born on the farm);
• dates of departure from the farm (including death from accident or disease) and destination;
• for animals born before 1 January 1998 if the eartag number has changed the replacement eartag number and the date of replacement.

If an animal has come from or is going to a market it is sufficient to record the market's address as the place of origin or destination.

You must keep your records up-to-date. When you submit your claim you will be required to give an undertaking to keep all records relating to this claim for 4 years, together with any other relevant documents, for example receipts of sales, purchase documents. To aid inspection of your claim, it would be helpful to keep a running total in the register of the cattle on your farm, distinguishing between males and females. You may keep the register in a manual or computerised form. We will inspect the herd register and other records to verify your claim. If we cannot do so because for example, your register and records are not up-to-date, you will lose premium. You are strongly advised to download the standard record format from the Scottish Executive website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cattle .

13 Declarations and Undertakings

You should read carefully the Declarations and Undertakings listed on the claim form before you submit a claim.

Please note that an additional declaration has been included in the claim form for the 2003 Scheme onwards. You must declare that the data kept on the cattle tracing database relating to your animals is correct and complete and that you will rectify anything that is not. You must also declare that you will update all movements relating to your holdings as and when they occur.

To check the data held on the database for your animals you can either visit CTS Online at www.bcms.gov.uk or request the details from the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) by phoning them on 0845 0501234.

14 Penalties

14.1 Responsibilities

We must implement the Scheme strictly in accordance with the EC rules and we do not have discretion to vary these rules. Make sure that you understand your obligations and seek professional advice if necessary.

If you do not comply with the rules of the Scheme and the undertakings you have given you will lose some or all of your premium. If you have already been paid premium, you will have to repay it in full, or in part, with interest. Details of the calculation of interest will be given if a recovery of premium has to be made.

If you knowingly or recklessly make a false statement for the purpose of obtaining premium for yourself or another person you risk prosecution.

For details of the penalty structure for claimed and unclaimed animals please refer to the "Livestock Subsidy Scheme Penalties from 2002" booklet issued on 30 October 2002. If you did not receive, or have mislaid this booklet, please contact your local Area Office for a copy.

14.2 Use of prohibited substances

You may be excluded from the Scheme if we find that prohibited substances (for example hormones) have been used on your cattle or are found on your premises; or if residues of substances (for example medicines) found in your cattle have been used illegally or are found to be on your premises illegally. Repeat offenders may be excluded for up to 5 years. If you prevent us from carrying out inspections or sampling to check these provisions, you may again be excluded from the Scheme.

15 Payments

15.1 Payment Methods

We will make payments to your nominated bank account. If you want to change your bank information you should complete and return a BACS1 form, which is available from your SEERAD Area Office.

Your payment will be in Sterling based on 150 euros for steers and 210 euros for bulls using the average exchange rate in December 2002. At the rate of exchange on 1 November 2002 these would be worth 96.56 for steers and 135.18 for bulls.

The EC rules do not allow us to make payment before 16 October 2003. After that we will pay 60% of the premium claimed on eligible animals. Early in 2004 we will calculate any reductions to claims arising from the regional ceiling and apply any penalties (Section 14). We then pay the balance between April and June 2004.

15.2 Regional Ceiling

The regional ceiling is the maximum number of bulls and first premium steers on which premium can be paid in any calendar year in the UK. If the total number of eligible first and bull premium animals exceeds this figure during a calendar year, the number of animals on which each producer will be paid will be scaled back proportionately. Producers who claim premium for 30 animals or less in 2003 will be exempt from this reduction.

15.3 Modulation

Modulation is the recycling of a small proportion of direct payments made to farmers to help fund the Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP). Every pound recycled in this way will be matched by a further pound from the Government and the total returned through the SRDP and other measures, to the rural economy.

Modulation is set at 3.5% for the 2003 scheme year. The payment advice letter we send you will detail the amount by which your payment has been modulated.

16 Citizen's Charter Targets

We start to process your claim for premium when we receive your form, correctly completed and with supporting documents. Our targets are then:

• to issue you with a claim acknowledgement letter within 14 days;
• to return your cattle passports or CCDs before the end of the retention period;
• to make advance payments from 16 October or within six weeks of end of retention period, whichever is the later;
• to make balance payments by 30 June of the year following the claim.

17 Data Protection Act

The BSPS is subject to the Data Protection Act 1998. The data controller is SEERAD.

SEERAD as Data Controller under the Data Protection Act 1998 collects the data from BSPS claim forms and the Cattle Tracing (CTS) database for the purpose of administering the BSPS and other Community based aid schemes. We will only disclose the information we receive from you to our authorised agents and others as the law permits and in accordance with Section A of the 2003 IACS AAA.

18 Appeals/Complaints Procedure

If you have a complaint about the service we provide, you should proceed as follows:-

18.1 - Appeals against Decisions

If you are not sure why you have been penalised or do not fully understand a decision made by this department in connection with your claim, you should contact your SEERAD Area Office for a fuller explanation.

If you are not satisfied with this explanation and wish the decision to be reviewed you can do so under the EU Agricultural Subsidy Schemes Appeals procedure. You have 60 calendar days from the date of the SEERAD decision letter in which to submit your appeal. The Appeals procedure consists of 3 stages: an in-house review, an external panel review and an appeal to the Scottish Land Court.

Full information on the appeals system procedures, including the timescale allowed for making an appeal, is given in the Department's information leaflet AP (EL) June 2001 which was issued to all farmers. Further copies are available from Area Offices and from the Appeals Secretariat and on the Department's website. Any questions should be addressed to the Appeals Secretariat, SEERAD, 47 Robb's Loan, Edinburgh, EH14 1TY. Please note that the appeals procedure does not handle complaints about standard of service.

18.2 - Complaints about standard of service

If you have a complaint about the standard of service we offer, you should proceed as follows:

• Contact the person in the local Area Office who is dealing with your case. You may register a complaint by letter, by telephone or in person. If you want your complaint considered by a more senior officer, please write to the Principal Agricultural Officer at your local Area Office. He will deal with the complaint if his staff are involved or forward it to the appropriate person. It will help us to investigate your complaint if you set out the facts as fully as possible, quoting your main farm code number. We will acknowledge your complaint by return, investigate it properly and aim to reply within two weeks.
• If you are dissatisfied with the response , please write to the Chief Agricultural Officer, The Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department, Pentland House, 47 Robb's Loan, Edinburgh EH14 1TY.
• You may also ask your Member of the Scottish Parliament or alternatively your Member of the UK Parliament to take up your complaint with the Minister for Environment and Rural Development SEERAD, Pentland House, 47 Robb's Loan, Edinburgh EH14 1TY.
• You, or a representative authorised by you to complain on your behalf, may also ask the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman for your complaint to be investigated. Your representative may be an MSP, local councillor or any person you consider suitable to represent your interests. Your complaint must be submitted to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, 23 Walker Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7HX within 12 months after the day on which you first had notice of the matter complained of. Further information regarding the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman is available at http://www.scottishombudsman.org.uk
• On the other hand, if you are satisfied with the service we have provided, or wish to highlight some exceptional performance, we would be happy to hear from you. Should you have suggestions about how we can build on the service we provide, these will also be welcomed.

19 Legal Base

The general rules for the operation of the Beef Special Premium Scheme are laid down in Council Regulation 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal. The detailed rules for the application of the Beef Special Premium Scheme are provided for in Commission Regulation 2342/1999 (as amended by 1900/2000 and 1042/2000). Council Regulation 1259/1999 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the Common Agricultural Policy also applies to the Beef Special Premium Scheme.

As the Beef Special Premium Scheme is an IACS-based scheme, it is also governed by Council Regulation 3508/1992 establishing an Integrated Administration and Control System for certain Community Aid Schemes (as amended by 1593/2000) and Commission Regulation 2419/2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the Integrated Administration and Control System for certain Community Aid Schemes.

The Scottish Statutory Instrument which governs the Beef Special Premium Scheme is:

2001 No. 445 The Beef Special Premium (Scotland) Regulation 2001.

If you would like further specific information not covered by these Guidance Notes please write to your SEERAD Area Office.

Annex A: LIST OF SEERAD AREA OFFICES

AYR
SEERAD
Russell House
King Street
AYR
KA8 0BE
Tel No: (01292) 610188

BENBECULA
SEERAD
Balivanich
Isle of Benbecula
PA88 5LA
Tel No: (01870) 602346
Fax No: (01870) 602077

DUMFRIES
SEERAD
Government Buildings
161 Brooms Road
DUMFRIES
DG1 3ES
Tel No: (01387) 255292
Fax No: (01387) 267116

DUNDEE
This office has relocated to Perth.

ELGIN
SEERAD
32 Reidhaven Street
ELGIN
IV30 1QN
Tel No: (01343) 547514
Fax No: (01343) 552312

GALASHIELS
SEERAD
Cotgreen Road
Tweedbank
GALASHIELS
TD1 3SG
Tel No: (01896) 758333
Fax No: (01896) 754460

HAMILTON
SEERAD
Cadzow Court
3 Wellhall Road
HAMILTON
ML3 9BG
Tel No: (01698) 281166
Fax No: (01698) 285277

INVERNESS
SEERAD
28 Longman Road
INVERNESS
IV1 1SF
Tel No: (01463) 234141
Fax No: (01463) 714697

INVERURIE (Thainstone)
SEERAD
Thainstone Court
INVERURIE
AB51 5YA
Tel No: (01467) 626222
Fax No: (01467) 626217

KIRKWALL
SEERAD
Government Buildings
Tankerness Lane
KIRKWALL
KW15 1AG
Tel No: (01856) 875444
Fax No: (01856) 873309

LAIRG
SEERAD
Ord Croft
LAIRG
IV27 4AZ
Tel No: (01549) 402167
Fax No: (01549) 402117

LERWICK
SEERAD
Charlotte House
Commercial Road
LERWICK
ZE1 0HZ
Tel No: (01595) 695054
Fax No: (01595) 694254

OBAN
SEERAD
Cameron House
Albany Street
OBAN
PA34 4AE
Tel No: (01631) 563071
Fax No: (01631) 566756

PERTH
SEERAD
Broxden Business Park
Lamberkine Drive
Perth
PH1 1RZ
Tel. (01738) 602000
Fax: (01738) 602001

PORTREE
SEERAD
Estates Office
PORTREE
IV51 9DH
Tel No: (01478) 612516
Fax No: (01478) 613128

STIRLING
This office has relocated to Perth.

STORNOWAY
SEERAD
10 Keith Street
STORNOWAY
HS1 2QG
Tel No: (01851) 702392
Fax No: (01851) 705793

THURSO
SEERAD
Strathbeg House
Clarence Street
THURSO
KW14 7JS
Tel No: (01847) 893104
Fax No: (01847) 895983

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