Regulation 3 Payment of compensatory allowances

The appropriate authority may pay in respect of the Scheme Year to any person who maintains breeding cows or ewes on eligible land a compensatory allowance for each breeding cow and ewe which he owns, or leases under a formal leasing arrangement, throughout the retention period applicable to the animal concerned.

A compensatory allowance may be paid only where the eligible land on which the claimant maintains breeding cows or ewes forms part of a holding for which a valid area aid application was submitted in 1999.