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Hill Farm Allowance Explanatory Booklet5.6 Will any penalties be applied?Applicants wishing to claim HFA 2007 must complete and return a declaration that formally signs them upto the conditions of the scheme. This declaration must be returned by 19 January 2007.Please be aware that any declarations received after the 19 January 2007 will be subject to late claimpenalties (reduction of 1% per working day in the amount you would have received based on the validatedLFA land declared on your application form in column C14 of the SP5 or B6 of the HFA 007). Lateapplications can only be submitted up to 25 calendar days late and the final cut off date is the 13 February.HFA payments will be based on eligible forage area after account has been taken of any penalties appliedas a result of overdeclaration of the land area (full details of area penalties are given in the SPS explanatorybooklet) which can be obtained from the RPA CSC. Where those receiving HFA are subsequently found tohave made a false declaration for this or related RDPE schemes as a result of serious negligence they will bedisqualified for the calendar year in question. Where it is found that a false declaration has been madeintentionally the disqualification period will extend to the following year.Non-compliance with cross compliance requirements and/or other scheme rules could result in theimposition of penalties against your claim. The size of the penalty applied will be determined by the degreeof non-compliance, with the intention of deterring any further infringement.5.7 What happens if an overpayment is made?If you have an outstanding overpayment in respect of HFA or any other scheme, the overpayment may beoffset against your HFA payment. If you have any queries about repaying an overpayment that has beennotified to you, please contact the RPA Debt Recovery Unit in Reading.Their address is:PO Box 69,Reading,RG1 3YDTelephone number: 0118 9531775E-mail: debtrecovery@rpa.gsi.gov.uk12
Hill Farm Allowance Explanatory BookletIf you are repaying an overpayment, your cheque should be crossed and made payable to ‘RPA’ and sent tothe cashier at the above address. Please quote your vendor number/Single Business Identifier (SBI) numberon the back of the cheque. Payment can be made directly to our bank account should you wish, providedthat you remember to quote your vendor number on the reverse of the cheque, to ensure that payment iscorrectly attributed. Our bankers are Lloyds-TSB, in Market Place, Reading.Our account details are:Sort code: 30-96-96Account number: 00926997Account name: Rural Payments AgencyIf you are to repay an overpayment, you should be aware that you may be required to pay interest on thatmoney. Interest will be calculated from the date of the letter informing you of the overpayment to the datethat the debt is cleared. The amount of interest applicable will be calculated by RPA Finance and notified toyou, again by letter.13
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