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Part I AMENDED PARAGRAPHS 1, 2, 3, 4 AND 6

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1

In relation to hay meadows–

(a)

management of lowland meadowland of more than 3 hectares

£85 per hectare per agreement year
(b)

management of lowland meadowland of 3 hectares or less

£115 per hectare per agreement year
(c)

management of upland meadowland

£150 per hectare per agreement year
(d)

where sub-paragraph (c) applies, raising water levels on upland grassland

£40 per hectare per agreement year
(e)

where sub-paragraph (c) applies, temporary removal of sheep from upland grassland

£3 per month for each sheep removed from, and kept on land other than, upland grassland forming part of the agreement land
(f)

where sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) apply, additional management in the initial years of the agreement

£40 per hectare per agreement year for the first 5 agreement years
(g)

where sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) apply, use of native grass and herb seed to establish an enhanced sward

£250 per hectare per agreement year
2

In relation to grazed pasture–

(a)

management of pasture of more than 3 hectares

£85 per hectare per agreement year
(b)

management of pasture of 3 hectares or less

£115 per hectare per agreement year
(c)

management of enclosed upland pasture

£60 per hectare per agreement year
(d)

management of grassland above chalk and limestone

£60 per hectare per agreement year
(e)

management of upland rough pasture

£20 per hectare per agreement year
(f)

management of enclosed upland rough pasture

£45 per hectare per agreement year
(g)

where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) apply, additional management in the initial years of the agreement

£40 per hectare per agreement year for the first 5 agreement years
(h)

where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) apply, use of native grass and herb seed to establish an enhanced sward

£250 per hectare per agreement year
(i)

where sub-paragraph (c), (d), (e) or (f) apply, temporary removal of sheep from upland grassland

£3 per month for each sheep removed from, and kept on land other than, upland grassland forming part of the agreement land
(j)

where sub-paragraph (c), (d), (e) or (f) apply, burning of vegetation

£5 per hectare per agreement year
(k)

where sub-paragraph (e) or (f) apply, management of common land

£5 per hectare per agreement year
(l)

where sub-paragraph (c), (d), (e) or (f) apply, raising water levels on upland grassland

£40 per hectare per agreement year
3

In relationship to upland moorland–

(a)

management to enable regeneration of suppressed heather

£70 per hectare per agreement year
(b)

management to enable regeneration of heather on improved land

£120 per hectare per agreement year
(c)

management to enable enhancement of heather moorland

£45 per hectare per agreement year
(d)

management on heather moorland

£4 per hectare per agreement year, subject to a maximum total of £2,500 per agreement year
(e)

where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) apply, raising water levels on heather moorland

£40 per hectare per agreement year
(f)

where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) apply, temporary removal of sheep from heather moorland

£3 per month for each sheep removed from, and kept on land other than, heather moorland forming part of the agreement land
(g)

where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) apply, burning of vegetation

£5 per hectare per agreement year
(h)

where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) apply, management of common land

£5 per hectare per agreement year
4

In relation to cultivated land–

(a)

creation and management of grassland

£280 per hectare per agreement year
(b)

where sub-paragraph (a) applies, creation and management of grassland, where the land has been set aside in the year preceding the first agreement year

£100 per hectare per agreement year
(c)

where sub-paragraph (a) applies, additional management in the initial years of the agreement

£40 per hectare per agreement year for the first 5 agreement years
(d)

where sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) apply, use of native grass and herb seed to establish an enhanced sward

£250 per hectare per agreement year
6

In relation to field margins–

(a)

establishment and maintenance of an uncropped arable margin of a width in the range of 4 to 12 metres and averaging at least 6 metres

£583 per hectare per agreement year
(b)

establishment and maintenance of a grass margin or strip of a width of at least 2 metres in or across an arable field

£750 per hectare per agreement year
(c)

management of a field margin or strip of an average width of at least 6 metres, within grassland

£100 per hectare per agreement year
(d)

management, for the protection of wildlife, of a field margin or strip of an average width of at least 6 metres, within grassland

£266 per hectare per agreement year
(e)

where sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c) or (d) apply, use of a native grass and herb seed to establish an enhanced sward

£250 per hectare per agreement year

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