Countryside Management Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Grants for purposes conducive to conservation

3.—(1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, the Department may make payment of a grant in respect of an undertaking to which these Regulations apply to an applicant who—

(a) is the owner or tenant of the eligible land to which such undertaking relates and is in lawful occupation of that land; and

(b) has made an application for grant which has been accepted by the Department.

(2) These Regulations apply to an undertaking in writing by the applicant, for the relevant period—

(a) to follow, in relation to the whole of the eligible land to which the undertaking relates, the general environmental conditions set out in Schedule 1;

(b) to carry out, in so far as is appropriate in relation to that land, the activities referred to in paragraph (4)(a); and

(c) to carry out at least one of the activities referred to in paragraph (4)(b).

(3) An undertaking mentioned in paragraph (2) may also include an undertaking by the applicant to carry out or, as the case may be, to carry out and maintain any of the activities referred to in paragraph (4)(c) and (d).

(4) The activities mentioned in paragraph (2) or (3) are—

(a) the management activities set out in column 1 of Schedule 2;

(b) the management activities set out in column 1 of Schedule 3 (priority habitats) to be undertaken on a site which forms part of the eligible land to which the undertaking relates;

(c) the management activities set out in column 1 of Schedule 4 (optional habitats) to be undertaken on a site which forms part of the eligible land to which the undertaking relates;

(d) the capital activities set out in column 1 of Schedule 5 to be undertaken and maintained on any part of the eligible land to which the undertaking relates.