{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highlands-and-islands-rural-enterprise-programme-regulations-1991/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/780",
  "legislation_title": "The Highlands and Islands Rural Enterprise Programme Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highlands-and-islands-rural-enterprise-programme-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amount of financial assistance under regulation 7",
  "text": "(1) The amount of financial assistance payable under regulation 7 in relation to—\n(a) approved diversification measures shall—\n(i) be 50% of the eligible expenditure; and\n(ii) not exceed the sum of £25,000;\n(b) approved ancillary agricultural measures shall—\n(i) for the specified agricultural work mentioned in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 2 be the corresponding percentage of the eligible expenditure mentioned in column 2;\n(ii) not exceed a percentage of the amount of financial assistance approved for diversification measures which percentage shall be the percentage specified in column 2 of Part II of Schedule 2 which corresponds to the amount of approved financial assistance for diversification specified in column 1 of the said Part II;\n(iii) be in addition to the financial assistance approved under sub-paragraphs (a) and (c) of this paragraph;\n(c) approved environmental measures shall—\n(i) for the capital works referred to in column 1 of Part I Schedule 3 be the corresponding percentage of the eligible expenditure mentioned in column 2;\n(ii) for the categories of land referred to in column 1 of Part II of Schedule 3 be the corresponding rate per hectare mentioned in column 2;\n(iii) for the conservation of land of high environmental value of a size mentioned in column 1 Part III of Schedule 3 be the sum mentioned in column 2;\n(iv) not exceed 20% of the amount of financial assistance for diversification approved under sub-paragraph (a) above; and\n(v) be in addition to the financial assistance approved under sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph.\n(2) The Secretary of State shall pay 10% of the financial assistance approved under sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of the foregoing paragraph on approval of the project.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/780/regulation/8",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}