Article 5 Amendment of the principal Order

In article 8 of the principal Order (payments to a crofter or farmer for additional agricultural operations) for the words “Such payments” to the end there shall be substituted–

• “Such payments shall be at a rate to be determined by the Secretary of State–

  1. (a)

     in the case of an agreement entered into on or after 15th August 1996, up to a maximum of £20,000 for each 5 year conservation plan; and

  2. (b)

     in the case of an agreement entered into before that date–

     1. (i)

        for the year of the 5 year conservation plan included in such agreement which commenced but which had not ended before that date, up to a maximum rate of £3,000 per annum per crofter, or farmer for that year; and

     2. (ii)

        for the whole years or remaining whole years of such 5 year conservation plan, up to a maximum rate calculated by multiplying £4,000 by the number of those whole years or remaining whole years.”.