The Sea Fish Industry (Coronavirus) (Fixed Costs) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2021

Payment of grant

7.—(1) Where the Department has received an application it may pay a grant to the applicant if—

(a) it is satisfied that the application meets the applicable conditions for payment of a grant; and

(b) the required supporting information and documents have been provided by the applicant.

(2) The Department must notify the applicant in writing of its decision to approve or reject an application and—

(a) if an application is rejected, the reasons for the rejection and the right of review under article 9; and

(b) if an application is approved, the amount of grant to be paid.

(3) Where more than one eligible person makes an application in respect of the same eligible Northern Ireland fishing boat only one grant is payable.

(4) In this article—

“applicable conditions” means the relevant conditions set out in the Commission Communication and Commission Decision and any other eligibility conditions specified in the notice published under article 6(1);

“supporting information and documents” means the information and documents specified in the notice published under article 6(1).