Paragraph 5 I1

Where any holding in respect of which a claim has been made is a cross border holding, the Scottish Ministers may pay, on such occasions as they consider fit, in respect of the Scheme Year in question to an applicant less favoured area support for actively farming eligible land F1in accordance with regulation 4, providing the applicant has declared the eligible land in a single application which has been treated as a valid application by the competent authority concerned F2and is an active farmer within the meaning of Article 9 of the Direct Payments Regulation.