Regulation 9 Making delinked paymentsI1

Subject to paragraph (3), a delinked payment must be paid by the Secretary of State to a person before the expiry of the period of 13 months beginning on 1st January in the year to which the payment relates.

A delinked payment in relation to a year may be paid by the Secretary of State to a person in two instalments, the first of which represents up to 50% of the estimated total value of the delinked payment payable to that person for that year and the second of which represents the balance due to that person after the total value of the delinked payment for that year has been calculated.

The Secretary of State may pay a delinked payment, or any part of a delinked payment, to a person after the expiry of the period specified in paragraph (1) where the Secretary of State is satisfied that there are good reasons for doing so.