Article 6 Rates of payment under agreement

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

art. 6 revoked by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Exmoor) Designation 1998 art. 9(a)
art.6(1)(a)(d)(e) amended by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Exmoor) Designation 1995 art.5(1)(a)(b) (c)
art.6(2) rev. in pt. by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Exmoor) Designation 1995 art.5(2)
art.6(3) amended by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Exmoor) Designation 1995 art.5(3)
art.6(4) substituted by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Exmoor) Designation 1995 art.5(4)
art.6(1A) added by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Exmoor) Designation 1994 art.6(1)
art.6(4) substituted by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Exmoor) Designation 1994 art.6(2)
art. 6 words substituted by Environmentally Sensitive Areas Designation Orders 1996 reg. 2(4)(a) Sch. Pt. 1 Section B
art. 6(2) added by Environmentally Sensitive Areas Designation Orders 1996 reg. 2(4)(b) Sch. Pt. 1 Section B
art. 6(1)(a)(b)(e)(d)(e) amended by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Exmoor) Designation 1997 art.4(a)(i)- (v)
art.6(3) amended by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Exmoor) Designation 1995 arts.2,3

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) below, the Minister shall make payments under an agreement for land to which the agreement relates (except any woodland) at the following rates—

(a)

£10 per annum for each hectare of land other than improved permanent grassland, enclosed unimproved permanent grassland, moorland or heather moorland or coastal heath;

(b)

£25 per annum for each hectare of improved permanent grassland;

(c)

£32 per annum for each hectare of enclosed unimproved permanent grassland;

(d)

£25 per annum for each hectare of moorland; and

(e)

£35 per annum for each hectare of heather moorland or coastal heath.

(2)

Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in any of the options in Schedule 2 or in Schedule 3 in relation to any land, 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 2	50
Schedule 3	25

(3)

Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in Schedule 4, the Minister shall make payments at the rate per annum of £2 for each 10 metres of hedgerow per hectare, subject to a minimum of 20 metres and a maximum of 60 metres of hedgerow per hectare, and a maximum number of hectares corresponding to the area of land subject to the provisions of Schedule 1, less any moorland, heather moorland or coastal heath.

(4)

Where an agreement includes one or more of the conservation plan operations specified in Schedule 5, 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 hectare, subject to a maximum of £4,000 per agreement.