Article 7 Rates of payment under agreement

Where an agreement identifies expenditure required to undertake additional farming operations specified in paragraph 17(b) of the Schedule to this Order, the Secretary of State shall make additional payments according to the farming operations to be carried out. Such payments shall be at a rate to be determined by the Secretary of State, up to a maximum of £100 per annum for each hectare of land to which the agreement relates, or at the rate of £3,000 per annum per individual farm business, whichever is the lower.