Regulation 6 Power to make grants under facilitation agreementsI1
England and Wales
The Secretary of State may make a grant to a qualified person who undertakes to provide facilitation services to help a group of land managers carry out, in relation to eligible land, any activity which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, is conducive to one of the purposes set out in section 98(1) of the Environment Act 1995.
A qualified person must make an application for a grant in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary of State may specify (see regulation 8).
A grant under paragraph (1) is subject to the following conditions—
that the qualified person enters into a facilitation agreement with the Secretary of State;
that the facilitation agreement holder complies with—
the requirements set out in regulation 9, and
the terms and conditions set out in their facilitation agreement.
The facilitation agreement must specify—
the duration of the agreement,
the services that the facilitation agreement holder must provide,
the terms and conditions which the facilitation agreement holder must comply with, and
the payments to be made to the facilitation agreement holder by the Secretary of State.
If, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, it is consistent with the purposes referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may modify the conditions of a facilitation agreement by—
agreement with the facilitation agreement holder, or
serving notice on the facilitation agreement holder.
Annotations
Commencement
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Reg. 6 in force at 11.2.2020, see reg. 1(1)