Increase in amount of paymentE+W
6.—(1) The Secretary of State must increase the amount of any payment under regulation 5 by 5% if either condition A or condition B is met, and by 10% if both those conditions are met.
(2) Condition A is that at least one hectare or 5% (whichever is the smaller) of the claimant’s severely disadvantaged land—
(a)is planted with arable crops in respect of which the claimant is not receiving any other financial support, and
(b)was not converted from permanent pasture in or after 2006.
(3) Condition B is that at least one hectare or 5% (whichever is the smaller) of the claimant’s severely disadvantaged land—
(a)is planted with woodland in respect of which the claimant is not receiving any other financial support, and
(b)was not converted from permanent pasture in or after 2006.
(4) In this regulation—
(a)“other financial support” does not include financial support from the single payment scheme;
(b)“permanent pasture” means non-rotational land used for sown or natural grass production for periods of five or more years.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 6 in force at 13.2.2012, see reg. 1(1)