Countryside Management Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Amounts of grant and claims

7.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation the grant payable under regulation 3(1) shall be calculated with reference to the activities to be undertaken and in relation to each such activity shall be at a rate not exceeding the maximum payment rate specified in column 2 of Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 5 corresponding to that activity.

(2) The grant payable under regulation 3(1) in respect of the activities set out in Schedule 2 shall not exceed £1,500 per annum for each applicant.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4) the grant payable under regulation 3(1) in respect of the activities set out in Schedule 5 shall not exceed £1,500 per annum for each applicant.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3) the activities set out in the following paragraphs of Schedule 5 shall be disregarded—

(a) paragraph 3(d),

(b) paragraph 3(e) and (f) provided the activities undertaken form part of a parkland management plan;

(c) paragraph 4;

(d) paragraph 9;

(e) paragraph 10(c) and (d) provided the activities undertaken are associated with fencing of habitats;

(f) paragraph 11.

(5) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations the Department shall make payments of grant annually in arrears.

(6) A claim for grant under regulation 3(1) shall be made at such time and in such form and shall contain such information as the Department may require.

(7) The provisions of these Regulations are, in so far as grant claimed includes aid under the Council Regulation, subject to Article 37.3 of the Council Regulation and Article 31 of Commission Regulation 1750/1999 (combination of aids).