The annual submission of a payment application form is a mandatory requirement of the rural environmental protection scheme. To receive a full payment for the year in question, the person named should have made his application by 1 September 2000. If he lodged it by 31 October 2000, he would have received a reduced payment for the year. From 1 November 2000, no payment could be made for the year. In the event, the application was not received until August 2001.
While my Department issues an application form to REPS participants by way of a reminder, the REP scheme documentation clearly states that the onus is on participants to submit their annual applications for payment. The change of address by the person named did not relieve him of his obligation.