3.—(1) The Secretary of State may make a grant to any eligible person who undertakes to carry out, in relation to eligible land, at least one of the activities listed in column 1 of Part 2 or 3 of the Schedule, those activities being, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, conducive to one of the purposes set out in section 98(1) of the Environment Act 1995.
(2) The eligible person must make an application for a grant in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary of State may specify (see regulation 8).
(3) A grant under paragraph (1) is subject to the following conditions—
(a)that the eligible person enters into a countryside stewardship agreement with the Secretary of State; and
(b)that the CS agreement holder complies with—
(i)the requirements set out in regulation 9, and
(ii)the terms and conditions set out in their countryside stewardship agreement.
(4) The countryside stewardship agreement must specify—
(a)the duration of the agreement,
(b)the activity or activities that the CS agreement holder must carry out,
(c)the terms and conditions which the CS agreement holder must comply with, and
(d)the payments to be made to the CS agreement holder by the Secretary of State.
(5) If, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, it is consistent with the purposes referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may modify the conditions of a countryside stewardship agreement by—
(a)agreement with the CS agreement holder, or
(b)serving notice on the CS agreement holder.