# The Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1999, Regulation 3: Payment of compensatory allowances


(1) 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.
(2) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3316/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/hill-livestock-compensatory-allowances-regulations-1999/regulation-3
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