Paragraph 2 Eligibility
Northern Ireland
No award shall be granted except on an application made to the Department; and any such application shall contain information and be provided in the format that the Department has requested.
An application made in relation to the scheme provided for by the Financial Assistance (Coronavirus) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 shall be treated by the Department as an application for the purposes of sub-paragraph 2(1).
Where sub-paragraph (2) applies-
the operative date for the purposes of paragraphs 3, 4 and 5; and the date from which payment shall be reckoned, shall be the start of the qualifying period within the scheme provided for by the Financial Assistance (Coronavirus) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020;
a relevant business shall mean a business or service which was restricted or subject to closure as a result of Schedule 3 to the Coronavirus Regulations as in force at the start of the said qualifying period;
standard rate, higher rate and lower rate shall have the meaning ascribed in paragraph 1 of this scheme; and
in the case of a relevant business that is an escape room as provided for by paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 3 to the Coronavirus Regulations as defined at sub-paragraph (b) above the qualifying period ends on the date on which Schedule 3 was revoked.