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(1) amended by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Shropshire Hills) Designation 1996 art.2(3 (a) (iv)
art.7(1)(a)(b)(c) amended by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Shropshire Hills) Designation 1996 art.2(3 (a)(i) (ii)(iii)
art.7(lA)(lB) added by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Shropshire Hills) Designation 1996 art.2(3 (b)
art.7(4) revoked by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Shropshire Hills) Designation 1996 art.2(3 (c)
art.7(5) replaced (by paras. (5X5A)) by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Shropshire Hills) Designation 1996 art.2(3 (d)
arts.6,7 revoked by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Shropshire Hills) Designation 1999 art. 9(a)

(1)

The Minister shall make payments under an agreement for land to which the agreement relates at the following rates—

(a)

£12 per annum for each hectare of land other than permanent grassland, extensive permanent grassland, moorland or woodland;

(b)

£30 per annum for each hectare of permanent grassland;

(c)

£40 per annum for each hectare of extensive permanent grassland;

(d)

£75 per annum for each hectare of moorland,

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 Schedule 3 in relation to any moorland, the Minister shall make payments at the rate of £95 per annum for each hectare of that land.

(4)

Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in Schedule 4 in relation to any managed woodland, the Minister shall make payments at a rate of 25 per annum for each hectare of that managed woodland.

(5)

Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in Schedule 5, the Minister shall make payments at the rate per annum of £4 for each metre of stockproof or non-stockproof hedges per hectare, subject to a maximum of 2 metres of hedge per hectare per annum, and a maximum number of hectares corresponding to the area of land subject to the provisions of Schedule 1 (less any moorland) which contains or is enclosed or partially enclosed by such hedges.

(6)

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 £100 per annum for each hectare of land to which the agreement relates, subject to a maximum of £4,000 for each such plan.