An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 13 May 2011. It was established that the applicant was not entitled to claim any of the land declared on the application.
The regulatory penalty appropriate in such circumstances is that the applicant is not entitled to payment in the year of application. In addition, an administrative fine, equivalent to the amount of aid payable on the difference between the area declared and the area found, must be deducted from future payments due to the applicant over the course of the following 3 years. As a result of this administrative fine being applied, the person named received no payment under the 2012 Single Payment Scheme, the bulk of the administrative fine being recouped against the payment due under the 2012 Scheme. The small outstanding balance of the fine must be recouped against any payment due under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme.