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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-in-care-scheme-tir-gofal-wales-regulations-1999/schedule-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1176",
  "legislation_title": "The Land in Care Scheme (Tir Gofal) (Wales) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-in-care-scheme-tir-gofal-wales-regulations-1999",
  "path": "schedule/3",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Optional Management Activities",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nActivity\nMaximum payment rate\n1 In relation to arable land–\n(a) establishment of unsprayed cereal, rape and linseed crops:\n(i) on existing arable land\n£120 per hectare per agreement year\n(ii) on arable land converted from improved grassland\n£390 per hectare per agreement year\n(b) management of winter stubbles–\n(i) after a conventional crop\n£80 per hectare per agreement year\n(ii) after an unsprayed cereal crop\n£120 per hectare per agreement year\n(c) establishment of spring cereals undersown with grasses and legumes\n£90 per hectare per agreement year\n(d) establishment of unsprayed root crops followed by winter grazing\n£235 per hectare per agreement year\n(e) establishment of rough grass margins\n£350 per hectare per agreement year\n(f) establishment of uncropped fallow margins\n£450 per hectare per agreement year subject to no payment being made for more than 3 hectares in any agreement year\n(g) establishment of a wildlife cover crop\n£350 per hectare per agreement year subject to no payment being made for more than 3 hectares in any agreement year\n(h) conversion of arable land to grassland:\n(i) conversion to improved grassland where there is light grazing\n£95 per hectare per agreement year\n(ii) conversion to semi-improved haymeadow\n£165 per hectare per agreement year\n(iii) conversion to semi-improved grazed pasture\n£210 per hectare per agreement year\n(iv) conversion to improved grazing on coastal grazing marsh and floodplain grassland\n£220 per hectare per agreement year\n2 In relation to grassland restoration for the purpose of enhancing habitats and features–\n(a) conversion of improved grassland to semi-improved haymeadows–\n(i) parkland\n£95 per hectare per agreement year\n(ii) other improved grassland\n£160 per hectare per agreement year\n(b) conversion of the following types of improved grassland to semi-improved grazed pasture–\n(i) parkland\n£95 per hectare per agreement year\n(ii) coastal grazing marsh and floodplain grassland managed for breeding birds\n£100 per hectare per agreement year\n(iii) coastal grazing marsh and floodplain grassland managed for breeding birds and wildfowl\n£125 per hectare per agreement year\n(iv) other improved grassland\n£160 per hectare per agreement year\n(c) conversion of semi-improved enclosed grassland to unimproved grassland–\n(i) grazed semi-improved neutral grassland converted to grazed unimproved neutral grassland\n£80 per hectare per agreement year\n(ii) grazed semi-improved acid and limestone grassland converted to grazed unimproved acid and limestone grassland\n£95 per hectare per agreement year\n(iii) semi-improved haymeadow converted to unimproved haymeadow on neutral grassland\n£110 per hectare per agreement year\n(iv) semi-improved haymeadow converted to unimproved haymeadow on acid and limestone grassland\n£130 per hectare per agreement year\n3 In relation to the establishment of new habitats–\n(a) establishment of new broad-leaved woodland and scrub on sites of less than 0.25 hectares\n£1,600 per hectare (single payment)\n(b) the management of naturally regenerating broad-leaved woodland or newly planted broad-leaved woodland\n£140 per hectare per agreement year\n(c) establishment of stream-side corridors\n£310 per hectare per agreement year\n(d) establishment of new reed beds other than on saltmarshes\n£310 per hectare per agreement year\n(e) establishment of heathland vegetation on acid grassland\n£110 per hectare per agreement year\n(f) establishment of heathland vegetation on maritime cliffs and slopes\n£70 per hectare per agreement year\n(g) establishment of heathland on improved land\n£290 per hectare per agreement year\n(h) establishment of new saltmarshes\n£230 per hectare per agreement year\n(i) establishment of new reedbeds on saltmarshes\n£200 per hectare per agreement year\n(j) establishment of new sand dunes\n£235 per hectare per agreement year\n4 Managing buffer zones on improved land adjacent to ponds, lakes, streams and field boundary ditches\n£180 per hectare per agreement year\n5 Management of improved grassland–\n(a) for breeding lapwings\n£160 per hectare per agreement year\n(b) for over-wintering wildfowl\n£40 per hectare per agreement year\n6 Increasing water levels–\n(a) on improved grassland which is being converted to semi-improved grassland\n£130 per hectare per agreement year\n(b) on marshy grassland\n£55 per hectare per agreement year\n(c) on improved land and coastal grazing marsh and floodplain grassland–\nmanaged for breeding birds\n£80 per hectare per agreement year\nmanaged for wildfowl\n£50 per hectare per agreement year\n(d) on historic and archaeological sites\n£130 per hectare per agreement year\n7 In relation to public access–\n(a) creation and maintenance of new footpaths for public access\n£150 per agreement year plus £0.15 per metre per agreement year\n(b) creation and maintenance of new bridleways and cycle paths\n£150 per agreement year plus £0.30 per metre per agreement year\n(c) creation and maintenance of paths suitable for use by disabled people for public access\n£150 per agreement year plus £0.30 per metre per agreement year\n(d) permitting access to agreement land for educational visits\n£500 per agreement year\n(e) permitting other public access to areas of enclosed agreement land\n£150 per agreement year plus £35 per hectare per agreement year",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "rev in pt",
      "affecting": "wsi/2003/529",
      "affecting_title": "The Tir Gofal (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "wsi/2003/529",
      "affecting_title": "The Tir Gofal (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "wsi/2003/529",
      "affecting_title": "The Tir Gofal (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003"
    },
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      "affecting_title": "The Tir Gofal (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003"
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