Section 9 Farm woodland grants

Subject to the provisions of this Scheme, the appropriate Minister may make to an initial entrant or a subsequent entrant or their personal representatives grants for abating any financial loss which has been or will be suffered in consequence of their occupation of converted woodlands.

Grants under sub-paragraph (1) above shall be made by annual payments, in relation to the categories of converted woodlands specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 at the rate per hectare specified in column 2 of that Schedule and shall be paid in respect of the area of such converted woodlands remaining in the occupation of the claimant at the time the claim for grant is made.