Article 9
Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 11 and 13, the amount of grant payable under paragraph 3(1) towards expenditure in respect of any work, facility or transaction of a kind specified in column 1 of the Schedule shall be the percentage of that expenditure specified in relation to that work, facility or transaction in column 2 of the Schedule, except that—
if the work, facility or transaction in question is specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 5, 7(iii), 12(i) and 13 to 16 of the said column 1, and if in the opinion of the appropriate Minister the expenditure in respect thereof is for the purposes of, or in connection with, the carrying on or establishment of an agricultural business, or that part thereof, situated in a less-favoured area, the amount of grant so payable shall be the percentage of that expenditure specified in relation to that work, facility or transaction in column 3 of the Schedule; or
if the work, facility or transaction in question is specified in any of paragraphs 6, 7(i), 7(ii), 8 to 11, 12(ii) and 12(iii) of the said column 1, and if in the opinion of the appropriate Minister—
the expenditure in respect of that work, facility or transaction is for the purposes of, or in connection with, the carrying on or establishment of an agricultural business, or that part thereof, situated in a less-favoured area, and
that business has an earned income per labour unit less than the comparable income determined in accordance with paragraph 12 in respect of the calendar year in which the grant is claimed,
the amount of grant so payable shall be the percentage of that expenditure specified in relation to that work, facility or transaction in column 3 of the Schedule; or
if the work, facility or transaction in question is specified in any of the paragraphs of the said column 1 and if in the opinion of the appropriate Minister the expenditure in respect thereof is for the purposes of, or in connection with, the carrying on or establishment of a horticultural production business capable of providing the greater part of the employment of at least one person reasonably skilled in agriculture, the amount of grant so payable shall be the percentage of that expenditure specified in relation to that work, facility or transaction in column 4 of the Schedule.
Where it appears to the appropriate Minister that expenditure towards which grant is payable under paragraph 3(1) has been incurred for the purposes of, or in connection with, the carrying on or establishment of an agricultural business situated partly in a less-favoured area the appropriate Minister may, for the purposes of determining the amount of grant so payable towards that expenditure treat as having been incurred for, or in connection with, that part of the business situated in a less-favoured area, so much of that expenditure as appears to that Minister to be referable to the carrying on or establishment of that part of the business.
Where it appears to the appropriate Minister that expenditure towards which grant is payable under paragraph 3(1) has been incurred partly for the purposes of, or in connection with, the carrying on or establishment of a horticultural production business and partly for other agricultural purposes, the appropriate Minister may for the purposes of determining the amount of grant so payable towards that expenditure treat as having been incurred for, or in connection with, the carrying on or establishment of a horticultural production business, so much of that expenditure as appears to that Minister to be referable to the carrying on or establishment of that horticultural production business.
The amount of any grant payable under paragraph 3(1) towards expenditure in respect of the carrying out or provision of any work, facility or transaction which is incidental to the carrying out or provision of another work, facility or transaction of a kind specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 16 of column 1 of the Schedule, or necessary or proper in the carrying out or provision of that other work, facility or transaction, or for securing the full benefit thereof, shall be calculated at the rate of grant appropriate to that other work, facility or transaction in accordance with the provisions of the Schedule.