7.—(1) The Department shall not pay grant under this Scheme in respect of any expenditure incurred by an applicant before the date on which his application is received by the Department.
(2) The Department may not make more than one grant under this Scheme in respect of an agricultural business within any period of three years but this is without prejudice to the Department’s power under Article 16(4) of the 1987 Order to make any payment by way of such a grant at such time, or by such instalments at such intervals or times, as the Department may determine.