These Regulations amend the Rural Diversification Programme (Scotland) Regulations 1995. They provide that: (a) those eligible to receive financial assistance under the principal Regulations include the father or mother of the legal occupier of an agricultural unit (reg. 3); (b) a person shall not cease to be a legal occupier of an agricultural unit by reason of having granted a lease of such unit for a period of not more than 8 months (reg. 4); (c) the amount of financial assistance payable in