{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/less-favoured-area-compensatory-allowances-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/162",
  "legislation_title": "Less Favoured Area Compensatory Allowances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/less-favoured-area-compensatory-allowances-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Rates of payment",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and to regulations 8 and 9, payments of less favoured area compensatory allowance in respect of the descriptions of eligible forage area specified in column 1 of the Schedule shall be made –\n(a) in relation to the first 350 hectares of eligible forage area in respect of which the claim is made, at the rates specified in column 2 of the Schedule;\n(b) in relation to the next 150 hectares of eligible forage area in respect of which the claim is made, at one half of the rates specified in column 2 of the Schedule;\n(c) in relation to further hectares of eligible forage area in excess of 500 hectares in respect of which the claim is made, at one quarter of the rates specified in column 2 of the Schedule.\n(2) After calculating the amount payable to a claimant in accordance with paragraph (1), the Department may, if it thinks fit, increase that amount by a percentage not exceeding 20% of that amount, provided that the same percentage is applied in relation to each claimant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/162/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:03:39.048603+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}