PART IAMENDED PARAGRAPHS 1, 2, 3, 4 AND 6
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1. In relation to hay meadows– (a)management of lowland meadowland of more than 3 hectares | £85 per hectare per agreement year |
(b)management of lowland meadowland of 3 hectares or less | £115 per hectare per agreement year |
(c)management of upland meadowland | £150 per hectare per agreement year |
(d)where sub-paragraph (c) applies, raising water levels on upland grassland | £40 per hectare per agreement year |
(e)where sub-paragraph (c) applies, temporary removal of sheep from upland grassland | £3 per month for each sheep removed from, and kept on land other than, upland grassland forming part of the agreement land |
(f)where sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) apply, additional management in the initial years of the agreement | £40 per hectare per agreement year for the first 5 agreement years |
(g)where sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) apply, use of native grass and herb seed to establish an enhanced sward | £250 per hectare per agreement year |
2. In relation to grazed pasture– | |
(a)management of pasture of more than 3 hectares | £85 per hectare per agreement year |
(b)management of pasture of 3 hectares or less | £115 per hectare per agreement year |
(c)management of enclosed upland pasture | £60 per hectare per agreement year |
(d)management of grassland above chalk and limestone | £60 per hectare per agreement year |
(e)management of upland rough pasture | £20 per hectare per agreement year |
(f)management of enclosed upland rough pasture | £45 per hectare per agreement year |
(g)where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) apply, additional management in the initial years of the agreement | £40 per hectare per agreement year for the first 5 agreement years |
(h)where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) apply, use of native grass and herb seed to establish an enhanced sward | £250 per hectare per agreement year |
(i)where sub-paragraph (c), (d), (e) or (f) apply, temporary removal of sheep from upland grassland | £3 per month for each sheep removed from, and kept on land other than, upland grassland forming part of the agreement land |
(j)where sub-paragraph (c), (d), (e) or (f) apply, burning of vegetation | £5 per hectare per agreement year |
(k)where sub-paragraph (e) or (f) apply, management of common land | £5 per hectare per agreement year |
(l)where sub-paragraph (c), (d), (e) or (f) apply, raising water levels on upland grassland | £40 per hectare per agreement year |
3. In relationship to upland moorland– | |
(a)management to enable regeneration of suppressed heather | £70 per hectare per agreement year |
(b)management to enable regeneration of heather on improved land | £120 per hectare per agreement year |
(c)management to enable enhancement of heather moorland | £45 per hectare per agreement year |
(d)management on heather moorland | £4 per hectare per agreement year, subject to a maximum total of £2,500 per agreement year |
(e)where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) apply, raising water levels on heather moorland | £40 per hectare per agreement year |
(f)where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) apply, temporary removal of sheep from heather moorland | £3 per month for each sheep removed from, and kept on land other than, heather moorland forming part of the agreement land |
(g)where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) apply, burning of vegetation | £5 per hectare per agreement year |
(h)where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) apply, management of common land | £5 per hectare per agreement year |
4. In relation to cultivated land– | |
(a)creation and management of grassland | £280 per hectare per agreement year |
(b)where sub-paragraph (a) applies, creation and management of grassland, where the land has been set aside in the year preceding the first agreement year | £100 per hectare per agreement year |
(c)where sub-paragraph (a) applies, additional management in the initial years of the agreement | £40 per hectare per agreement year for the first 5 agreement years |
(d)where sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) apply, use of native grass and herb seed to establish an enhanced sward | £250 per hectare per agreement year |
6. In relation to field margins– | |
(a)establishment and maintenance of an uncropped arable margin of a width in the range of 4 to 12 metres and averaging at least 6 metres | £583 per hectare per agreement year |
(b)establishment and maintenance of a grass margin or strip of a width of at least 2 metres in or across an arable field | £750 per hectare per agreement year |
(c)management of a field margin or strip of an average width of at least 6 metres, within grassland | £100 per hectare per agreement year |
(d)management, for the protection of wildlife, of a field margin or strip of an average width of at least 6 metres, within grassland | £266 per hectare per agreement year |
(e)where sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c) or (d) apply, use of a native grass and herb seed to establish an enhanced sward | £250 per hectare per agreement year” |