If a managed area is re-measured using precision equipment, for example, Global Positioning System (GPS), and/or during Field Identification System (FIS) mapping, and is found to be greater or less than the area declared in the contract, the declared area will be corrected through the inspection program to the found area of the site.
This will allow future management payments to be calculated using the correct area figure. Provided precision re-mapping is the reason for the change in area and we are satisfied that there has been no attempt to defraud, no retrospective action will be taken. Any management option width, area and/or financial limits must still be applied.