Article 3 Amendment of the principal Order

For article 6(2) of the principal Order (rates of payment under agreement with any crofter or farmer) there shall be substituted–

“(2)

Payments to a crofter or farmer shall be at the rate of not less than–

(a)

£150 per annum for the year of any such agreement which commenced but which had not ended before 15th August 1996; and

(b)

£250 per annum for any year of such agreement commencing on or after that date.”.