The Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2010

Amount of less favoured area support

7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and regulation 12, the amount of less favoured area support is calculated in accordance with the following formula:—

Where—

• LFAS is the amount of less favoured area support payable;

• P is the payable area; and

• R is the rate of payment determined in accordance with regulation 11.

(2) Where an applicant has eligible land in more than one grazing category (as determined for the purposes of regulation 8) then—

(a) the calculation in paragraph (1) is 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; and

(ii) R is the rate of payment for each type of grazing category determined in accordance with regulation 11; and

(b) the total amount of less favoured area support payable is the sum of the calculations in respect of each grazing category.