7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and regulation 8, payment of less favoured area compensatory allowance in respect of the descriptions of eligible forage area specified in column 1 of the Schedule shall be made at the rates specified in column 2 of the Schedule.
(2) The amount of the payment under paragraph (1) may be increased by an amount determined by the Department if the number of suckler cows and heifers expressed in livestock units kept by a claimant throughout the retention period is at least 25% of the number of the claimant’s relevant animals expressed in livestock units.