8.—(1) An application for a compensatory allowance for breeding cows in respect of any Scheme year shall be lodged with the Department between 1st July and 6th December in the preceding Scheme year (both dates inclusive).
(2) An application for a compensatory allowance for ewes in respect of any Scheme year shall be lodged with the Department between 13th December in the preceding Scheme year and 9th January in the Scheme year in respect of which the application is made (both dates inclusive).
(3) An application for compensatory allowance shall be in such form as the Department may reasonably require and no person shall be entitled to make more than one such application for breeding cows or as the case may be ewes in respect of any Scheme year, provided that where in respect of a given Scheme year a number of applications for compensatory allowances for breeding cows or as the case may be ewes are made by persons who have in respect of that year made more than one area aid application under Article 6 of Council Regulation 3508/92 but who are regarded as a single farmer within the meaning of Article 1(4) of that Council Regulation the applications concerned shall be deemed to be a single application made by one person for the purposes of this paragraph.
(4) Where the applicant is a producer group within the meaning of point 2 of Article 1 of Council Regulation 3493/90 the applicant shall in making an application for a compensatory allowance for ewes under this regulation observe signature formalities equivalent to those imposed by Article 2(1) of Commission Regulation 2385/91 in relation to the application referred to therein.