Article 6 Rates of payment under agreement

(1)

After paragraph (1) of article 6 of the principal Order for “£125” there shall be substituted “£135”.

(2)

After paragraph (1) of article 6 of the principal Order there shall be inserted the following paragraph:

“(1A)

Where an agreement includes the requirements as to public access specified in Schedule 1A the Minister shall make payments at a rate of £170 per annum for each hectare of access route.”.

(3)

In paragraph (2) of article 6 of the principal Order for the table there shall be substituted the following table:

“

£ per hectare of land per annum

Schedule 2 225
Schedule 3 300
Schedule 4
— Option 1 220
— Option 2 310

”

	£ per hectare of land per annum
Schedule 2	225
Schedule 3	300
Schedule 4
— Option 1	220
— Option 2	310

(4)

For paragraph (3) of article 6 of the principal Order, there shall be substituted the following paragraph:

“(3)

Where an agreement includes a conservation plan, the Minister shall also make payments in respect of the operations included in the plan, subject to a maximum of £15,000 for each agreement.”.