Application
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations apply with effect from 29th October 1999–
(a)to any undertaking given before that date but only in respect of payments made on or after that date; and
(b)to any undertaking given on or after that date.
(2) Paragraph (3) applies in relation to the sum payable in any year of an undertaking where the application of these Regulations to that undertaking by virtue of paragraph (1)(a) would result in the sum of the aid payable for that year being of a lesser amount than the sum of the aid which would have been payable if calculated under the provisions of the principal Regulations in force immediately prior to the coming into force of these Regulations.
(3) Where this paragraph applies in relation to the sum payable in any year of an undertaking, the sum of the aid payable in that year under the principal Regulations shall be increased to amount of the sum which would have been payable if calculated as mentioned in paragraph (2).