The Countryside Stewardship (Amendment)Regulations 2004

Title and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Countryside Stewardship (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 16th February 2004.

Amendment of the Countryside Stewardship Regulations 2000

2.  The Schedule to the Countryside Stewardship Regulations 2000(1) shall be amended as follows—

(a) in column 2 (maximum payment rate) of the table in Part I, by the substitution—

(i) in items 1(f), 2(h), 4(e) and 6(f), for “£250 per hectare in respect of each relevant agreement year”, of “Agreed costs of implementing proposals”;

(ii) in item 5(d), for “£50 per hectare per agreement year”, of “Agreed costs of implementing proposals”;

(iii) in item 8(a), for “£150 per agreement year plus £0.15 per metre per agreement year”, of “£350 per agreement year plus £0.45 per metre per agreement year”;

(iv) in item 8(b), for “£150 per agreement year plus £0.30 per metre per agreement year”, of “£350 per agreement year plus £0.90 per metre per agreement year”;

(v) in item 8(c), for “£150 per agreement year plus £0.30 per metre per agreement year”, of “£350 per agreement year plus £1.05 per metre per agreement year”;

(vi) in item 8(d), for “£500 per agreement year”, of “£1,100 per agreement year”; and

(vii) in item 8(e), for “£150 per agreement year plus £35 per hectare per agreement year”, of “£350 per agreement year plus £41 per hectare per agreement year”;

(b) by the substitution for Part II of the new Part II set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and

(c) by the substitution for Part III of the new Part III set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Elliot Morley

Minister of State,

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

14th January 2004

We consent,

John Heppell

Nick Ainger

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

21st January 2004