Regulation 9 Claims and payment
A claim for aid under regulation 3(1) shall be made in writing at such time and in such form and shall contain such information as the Scottish Ministers may require.
Payment of aid under regulation 3(1) shall be made–
in the case of a payment relating to an activity included in an undertaking specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 4, by annual instalment paid in arrear; and
in the case of a payment relating to an activity included in an undertaking specified in column 1 of Part II of Schedule 4, upon completion of the work.
Payment as provided in paragraph (2) shall be made only where the Scottish Ministers are satisfied that–
the general environmental requirements set out in Part I and Part II of Schedule 1 have been complied with during the period to the date of payment; and
the requirements set out in columns 2 and 3 of Schedule 2 and, as the case may be, the requirements set out in column 2 of Schedule 3, in relation to that activity have been met.
Payment under regulation 3(4) shall be made upon determination of an application for aid in accordance with regulation 7.
The provisions of these Regulations are insofar as the aid claimed includes aid under the Council Regulation, subject to Article 37(3) of the Council Regulation and Article 31 of the Commission Regulation (combination of aids).