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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/schedule-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/43",
  "legislation_title": "Countryside Management Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "schedule/3",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Management Activities (Priority Habitats)",
  "text": "Column (1)\nColumn (2)\nActivity\nMaximum Payment Rate\n1 In relation to semi-natural grassland—\n(a) management of species rich hay meadows;\n£150 per hectare per annum.\n(b) management of species rich grassland;\n£110 per hectare per annum.\n(c) management of species rich acid grassland of 10 hectares or less;\n£70 per hectare per annum.\n(d) management of species rich acid grassland of over 10 hectares up to and including 50 hectares;\n£35 per hectare per annum.\n(e) management of species rich acid grassland of over 50 hectares.\n£20 per hectare per annum.\n2 In relation to wetlands—\n(a) management of lowland wet grassland, fen, swamp, carr and reed beds;\n£110 per hectare per annum.\n(b) management of lowland wet grassland to enhance numbers of breeding waders.\n£150 per hectare per annum.\n3 In relation to upland breeding wader sites—\n(a) management of upland breeding wader sites where there is a restricted grazing period;\n£75 per hectare per annum.\n(b) management of upland breeding wader sites where there is a closed grazing period.\n£105 per hectare per annum.\n4 In relation to moorland—\n(a) management of heather moorland of 100 hectares or less;\n£50 per hectare per annum.\n(b) management of heather moorland over 100 hectares up to and including 200 hectares;\n£25 per hectare per annum.\n(c) management of heather moorland over 200 hectares;\n£10 per hectare per annum.\n(d) management of rough moorland grazing of 20 hectares or less;\n£20 per hectare per annum.\n(e) management of rough moorland grazing over 20 hectares up to and including 100 hectares;\n£10 per hectare per annum.\n(f) management of rough moorland£5 per hectare per annum. grazing of more than 100 hectares;\n£5 per hectare per annum.\n(g) reduction of number of suckler cow on heather moorland;\n£250 per suckler cow removed per annum.\n(h) reduction of number of ewes on heather moorland.\n£30 per ewe removed per annum.\n5 In relation to lowland raised bog—\n(a) management of lowland raised bog of 100 hectares or less;\n£50 per hectare per annum.\n(b) management of lowland raised bog of over 100 up to and including 200 hectares;\n£25 per hectare per annum.\n(c) management of lowland raised bog over 200 hectares.\n£10 per hectare per annum.\n6 In relation to broadleaved farm woodland and farm scrub—\n(a) management of broadleaved farm woodland;\n£95 per hectare per annum.\n(b) management of farm scrub.\n£30 per hectare per annum.\n7 In relation to coastal farmland—management of coastal farmland\n£80 per hectare per annum.\n8 In relation to archaeological features—\nmanagement of archaeological features.\n£80 per 0·25 hectare or part thereof per annum up to 1·5 hectares and £20 per 0·25 hectare or part thereof per annum thereafter.\n9 In relation to parkland—\nmanagement of parkland.\n£50 per hectare per annum.\n10 In relation to inter-drumlin loughs—\n(a) management of improved land riparian to inter-drumlin loughs (including inflowing watercourses);\n£45 per hectare per annum.\n(b) management of unimproved land riparian to inter-drumlin loughs (including inflowing watercourses);\n£40 per hectare per annum.\n(c) management of buffer strips of improved land adjacent to inter- drumlin loughs;\n£385 per hectare per annum.\n(d) management of buffer strips of unimproved land adjacent to inter-drumlin loughs.\n£345 per hectare per annum.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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