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(2), Table substituted by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Downs) Designation 1996 art.2(2)
art.6(1A) added by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Downs) Designation 1994 art.6(1)
art.6(2), Table substituted by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Downs) Designation 1994 art.6(2)
art.6(3) substituted by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Downs) Designation 1994 art.6(3)

(1)

The Minister shall make payments under an agreement at the rate of £40 per annum for each hectare of grassland to which the agreement relates.

(2)

Where an agreement includes the additional provisions set out in one or more of the options contained in Schedule 2, the Minister shall make payments at the rate per annum for each hectare of land which under the agreement is subject to those provisions shown in the following table–

Option	£ per hectare of land per annum
1	240
2	200
3	60

(3)

Where an agreement includes one or more of the conservation plan operations specified in Schedule 3, the Minister shall make payments according to the operations which are carried out at a rate not exceeding £75 per annum for each hectare of land to which the agreement relates, subject to a maximum of £3000 per agreement.