8.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and regulation 13 (minimum payment), the amount of less favoured area support shall be calculated in accordance with the following formula:–
LFAS = P × R
Where
LFAS is the amount of less favoured area support payable;
P is the payable area calculated in accordance with regulation 9 and, where appropriate, adjusted in accordance with regulation 11; and
R is the rate of payment determined in accordance with regulation 12.
(2) Where an applicant has eligible land in more than one grazing category (as determined for the purposes of regulation 9) then–
(a)the calculation in paragraph (1) shall be applied in respect of the total area of eligible land in each grazing category and, for the purposes of each calculation–
(i)P is the payable area of land in each grazing category calculated in accordance with regulation 9 and, where appropriate, adjusted in accordance with regulation 11; and
(ii)R is the rate of payment for each type of grazing category determined in accordance with regulation 12; and
(b)the total amount of less favoured area support payable shall be the sum of each of those calculations.