Article 7 Rates of payment under agreement

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

art.7(3), Table amended by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Essex Coast) Designation 1996 art.2(2)(a)
art.7(4) amended by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Essex Coast) Designation 1996 art.2(2)(b)
art,7(5) substituted by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Essex Coast) Designation 1996 art.2(2)(c)
arts.6,7 revoked by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Essex Coast) Designation 1999 art.10(a)

(1)

The Minister shall make payments under an agreement at a rate of £70 per annum per hectare of permanent grassland to which the agreement relates, unless a higher rate is applicable in accordance with paragraph (3) below.

(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.

(3)

Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in any of the options in Schedule 3 in relation to any permanent grassland, 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 3
option 1	£180
option 2	£210

(4)

Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in Schedule 4 in relation to any land the Minister shall make payments at a rate of £220 per annum for each hectare of that land.

(5)

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 such plan.