4.  In regulation 3 (eligibility for payment of less favoured area support)—

(a) in paragraph (1), after “Scheme Year” insert “ , other than the Scheme Year commencing on 1st January 2014, ”; and

(b) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) Payment of less favoured area support may be made to an applicant in respect of the Scheme Year commencing on 1st January 2014 only if that applicant has, in the opinion of the Scottish Ministers, met the requirements of cross compliance on the applicant's holding throughout that Scheme Year.”.