Article 6 Rates of payment under agreement

After paragraph (1) of article 6 of the principal Order there shall be inserted the following paragraph:

“(1A)

Where an agreement includes the requirements as to public access specified in Schedule 1A the Minister shall make payments at a rate of £170 per annum for each hectare of access route.”.

For paragraph (3) of article 6 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following paragraph:

“(3)

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 £100 per annum for each hectare of land to which the agreement relates, subject to a maximum of £4,000 for each such plan.”.