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