# The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Cairngorms Straths) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996, Article 4: Amendment of the principal Order


In article 7 of the principal Order (payments for additional farming operations) for the words “Such payments” to the end there shall be substituted–
“Such payments shall be at a rate to be determined by the Secretary of State–
(a) in the case of an agreement entered into on or after 15th August 1996, up to a maximum rate of £35,000 for each 5 year conservation plan; and
(b) in the case of an agreement entered into before that date–
(i) for the year of the 5 year conservation plan included in such agreement which commenced but which had not ended before that date, up to a maximum rate of £130 per annum for each hectare of land to which the agreement relates, or at the rate of £4,000 per annum per individual farm business, whichever is the lowest; and
(ii) for the whole years or remaining whole years of such 5 year conservation plan, up to a maximum rate calculated by multiplying £7,000 by the number of those whole years or remaining whole years.”.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1963/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-cairngorms-straths-designation-amendment-order-1996/article-4
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.