1.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, the amount of reinstatement grant payable is the appropriate percentage of—N.I.
(a)the amount stated in a notice under Article 7(2) or under paragraph 3 to be the amount of expenditure which, in the opinion of the Executive, may properly be incurred in executing the qualifying work and entering into any associated arrangement,
(b)the expenditure incurred in executing the qualifying work and entering into any associated arrangement, or
(c)the expenditure which is the maximum amount permitted to be taken into account for the purposes of this paragraph,
whichever is the least.
(2) In this Schedule “appropriate percentage” means 90 per cent. or, in any case where the Executive is satisfied that the person entitled to assistance would suffer financial hardship unless a higher percentage of the expenditure referred to in sub-paragraph (1) were paid to him, 100 per cent.
(3) The Department may by order vary either or both of the percentages mentioned in sub-paragraph (2).