Regulation 3 Aid for eligible land

Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, the Secretary of State may make payments of aid to any eligible person who undertakes for the duration of the management period—

(a)

not to use an area of eligible land for agricultural production, except that there shall be permitted on that land—

(i)

mowing carried out as part of a programme for managing the land agreed under paragraph (21) of the Schedule, and

(ii)

grazing with livestock in accordance with the requirements set out in the Schedule; and

(b)

to manage that area of eligible land and any features bordering on that area in accordance with the requirements set out in the Schedule.