Section 10 Duration and payment of grant
Subject to the provisions of this Scheme, the number of annual payments under paragraph 9 paid in respect of any area of converted woodlands of a category specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 shall not exceed the maximum number of payments specified in column 2 of that Schedule in relation to converted woodlands of that category.
For the purposes of this paragraph the description of any area of converted woodlands specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 which applies when the plan of operations is complete shall remain applicable to any part of that area so long as payments of grant under this Scheme are being made in relation to that area.
In respect of each area of converted woodlands—
the first annual payment of grant under the Scheme shall be made, subject to the delivery of a duly completed claim form to the appropriate Minister, during the twelve months following the payment of the first instalment of grant made by the Forestry Commissioners in pursuance of the plan of operations for the conversion of that land;
subsequent annual payments shall be made on 1st October in each year or on such other date or dates in each year as the appropriate Minister may decide until the total number of annual payments equals the maximum number specified in the relevant section of column 2 of Schedule 2.