Explanatory note

These regulations further amend the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Regulations 1980 (as amended by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development (Amendment) Regulations 1981) by making provision for grant to be claimed under the regulations towards the cost of replacing apple orchards or pear orchards (other than such orchards producing cider apples or perry pears) grubbed up after 7th November 1982 by an equal or smaller area of either apple orchards or pear orchards (depending on the type of orchards grubbed up) containing—

(i) apple trees or pear trees respectively of specified varieties (Cox's Orange Pippin apple, Bramley's Seeding apple and Spartan apple or Conference pear and Doyenne du Comice pear);

(ii) any other named varieties of apple trees or pear trees required for pollination (other than varieties producing cider apples or perry pears) not exceeding in number one third of the total of the specified varieties;

(iii) in the case of apple orchards, any number of crab apple trees or hybrid varieties of crab apple trees required for pollination.

Grant will be payable at the rate of 32.5 per cent towards the cost of replacements taking place after 7th November 1982 and before 1st April 1988 provided that the replacement is included in an approved development plan and the claim for grant is received on or before 31st March 1988.