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Article 6 Rates of payment under agreement

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(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) below, the Minister shall make payments under an agreement at the rate of £30 per annum for each hectare of land to which the agreement relates, and, in relation to the provisions of Schedule 1 paragraph 2 (hedgerow restoration), £8 per annum for each hectare of that land.

(2)

Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in Schedule 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 the Minister shall make payments at the rate per annum for each hectare of that land shown in the following table—

£ per hectare of land per annum
Schedule 280
Schedule 3100
Schedule 4170
Schedule 5240
Schedule 625
Schedule 760
(3)

Where an agreement includes one or more of the conservation plan operations specified in Schedule 8, the Minister shall also make payments in respect of the aggregate of the operations included in the agreement 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 per agreement.