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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-blackdown-hills-designation-order-1994/article-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/707",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Blackdown Hills) Designation Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-blackdown-hills-designation-order-1994",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Rates of payment under agreement",
  "text": "(1) The Minister shall make payments under an agreement for land to which the agreement relates at the following rates—\n(a) £12 per annum for each hectare of land other than improved permanent grassland, low-input permanent grassland, unimproved pasture, rough land or woodland;\n(b) £25 per annum for each hectare of improved permanent grassland;\n(c) £40 per annum for each hectare of low-input permanent grassland;\n(d) £50 per annum for each hectare of unimproved pasture and rough land,\nunless a higher rate is applicable in accordance with paragraph (3) below.\n(2) Where an agreement includes the requirements as to public access specified in Schedule 2 the Minister shall make payments at the rate of £170 per annum for each hectare of access route.\n(3) Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in Schedule 3 in relation to any land, the Minister shall make payments at the rate of £180 per annum for each hectare of that land.\n(4) Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in Schedule 4 in relation to any managed woodland, the Minister shall make payments at a rate of £25 per annum for each hectare of that managed woodland.\n(5) Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in Schedule 5, the Minister shall make payments at the rate of £3 for each 10 metres of stockproof hedges per hectare, subject to a maximum of 50 metres of stockproof hedges per hectare, and to a maximum number of hectares corresponding to the area of land subject to the provisions of Schedule 1 (less any rough land) which contains or is enclosed or partially enclosed by such hedges.\n(6) Where an agreement includes a conservation plan, the Minister shall also make payments in respect of the aggregate of the operations included in the plan at a rate not exceeding £75 per annum for each hectare of land to which the agreement relates, subject to a maximum of £3,000 for each plan.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "affecting": "uksi/1996/2106",
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      "affecting_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Blackdown Hills) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996"
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      "affecting": "uksi/1996/2106",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Blackdown Hills) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996"
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    {
      "type": "replaced (by paras.(5)(5A))",
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      "affecting_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Blackdown Hills) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/2106",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Blackdown Hills) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/2233",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Blackdown Hills) Designation (Amendment) Order 1999"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/707/article/7",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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