# The Countryside Premium Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1997, Regulation 3: Grants for purposes conducive to conservation


(1) The Secretary of State may make payment of a grant in respect of an undertaking to which these Regulations apply to an applicant who–
(a) is the lawful occupier of the eligible land to which such undertaking relates; and
(b) has made an application for grant which has been accepted by the Secretary of State.
(2) These regulations apply to an undertaking by the applicant, for the relevant period–
(a) to follow, in relation to the whole of the eligible land to which the undertaking relates, the general environmental conditions set out in Schedule 1; and
(b) to carry out or, as the case may be, to carry out and maintain at least one of the activities referred to in paragraph (3).
(3) The activities mentioned in paragraph (2) are–
(a) the management activities set out in column 1 of Schedule 2 to be undertaken on a site which forms part of the eligible land to which the undertaking relates and which meets the criteria specified in column 2 of that Schedule in relation to that activity; and
(b) the capital activities set out in column 1 of Schedule 3 to be undertaken and maintained on any part of the eligible land to which the undertaking relates.
(4) The Secretary of State may make payment of a grant towards the cost of a conservation audit and a moorland management plan prepared in relation to an application for grant where such audit and, as the case may be, such plan have been prepared in accordance with any requirements made by the Secretary of State as to the form or content of such audit or plan.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/330/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-premium-scheme-scotland-regulations-1997/regulation-3
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