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Article 6 Rates of payment under agreement

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) below, the Minister shall make payments under an agreement for land to which the agreement relates at the rate of £70 per annum for each hectare of permanent grassland and £220 per annum for each hectare of reverted grassland.

(2)

Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in Schedule 2, 3 or 4 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

  • permanent grassland

180
  • reverted grassland

260
Schedule 330
Schedule 4220
(3)

Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in Schedule 5, the Minister shall also make payments at the rate of £8 per annum for each hectare of land which is subject to the agreement.

(4)

Where an agreement includes one or more of the conservation plan operations specified in Schedule 6, the Minister shall also make payments in respect of the aggregate of the operations included in the agreement at a rate not exceeding £75 per annum for each hectare of land to which the agreement relates, subject to a maximum of £3,000 per agreement.