The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Central Southern Uplands) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996

Amendment of the principal Order

4.  In article 7 of the principal Order (payments for additional agricultural operations) for the words “Such payments” to the end there shall be substituted–

• “Such payments shall be at a rate to be determined by the Secretary of State–

  (a)

  in the case of an agreement entered into on or after 15th August 1996, up to a maximum rate for each 5 year conservation plan of £52,500 for stock reduction and £30,000 for other operations; and

  (b)

  in the case of an agreement entered into before that date–

  (i)

  for the year of the 5 year conservation plan included in such agreement which commenced but which had not ended before that date, up to a maximum rate of £150 per annum for each hectare of land to which the agreement relates, or at the rate of £6,000 per annum per individual farm business, whichever is the lower; and

  (ii)

  for the whole years or remaining whole years of such 5 year conservation plan, up to a maximum rate calculated by multiplying £10,500 for stock reduction and £6,000 for other operations by the number of those whole years or remaining whole years.”.