The Rural Stewardship Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005

Amendment of Schedule 4 (rates of payment for activities)

9.  In Schedule 4 (rates of payment for activities) for Part I(1) substitute–

“PART I MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Activity	Rates of Payment for pre-2003 entrants, entrants from an Environmentally Sensitive Areas scheme or entrants from the Habitats scheme	Rates of Payment for post 2003 entrants or entrants with a successful challenge
1.1.   Extensive management of mown grassland for birds.	£150 per hectare.	£163 per hectare.
1.2.   Management of open grazed grasslands for birds.	£100 per hectare.	£110 per hectare.
1.3.   Extensive management of mown grassland for corncrakes.	£190 per hectare.	£263 per hectare.
1.4.   Management of early and late cover for corncrakes.	£160 per hectare.	£170 per hectare.
1.5.   Management of wet grassland for waders.	£100 per hectare.	£110 per hectare.
1.6.   Creation and management of early and late cover for corncrakes.	£718 per hectare.	£738 per hectare.
2.1.   Management of species-rich grassland.	£100 per hectare.	£85 per hectare.
2.2.   Bracken eradication programme.	£25 per hectare for area of species-rich grassland identified for bracken eradication.	£26 per hectare for area of species-rich grassland identified for bracken eradication.
2.3.   Creation and management of species-rich grassland.	a. £250 per hectare on arable land; or b. £150 per hectare on improved grassland.	£248 per hectare of arable land or improved grassland.
2.4.   Management of coastal heath.	£80 per hectare.	£80 per hectare.
2.5.   Management of lowland heath.	£115 per hectare.	£115 per hectare.
3.1.   Management of wetland.	£100 per hectare.	£85 per hectare.
3.2.   Management of lowland raised bogs.	£70 per hectare.	£74 per hectare.
3.3.   Creation and management of wetland.	£250 per hectare.	£248 per hectare.
3.4.   Management of water margin.	£400 per hectare.	£300 per hectare.
3.5.   Management of flood plain.	£25 per hectare.	£30 per hectare.
3.6.   Management of basin and valley mire buffer areas.	£250 per hectare.	£260 per hectare.
4.1.   Moorland management.	£1 per hectare.	£1 per hectare.
4.2.   Stock disposal.	£45 per hectare of moorland.	£19.65 per hectare of moorland.
4.3.   Muirburn and heather swiping.	£11 per hectare for area of moorland to be burned/swiped in 10 years.	£11 per hectare for area of moorland to be burned/swiped in 10 years.
4.4.   Bracken eradication programme.	£25 per hectare for area of moorland identified for bracken eradication.	£26 per hectare for area of moorland identified for bracken eradication.
5.1.   Management of grass margin or beetlebank in arable fields.	£736 per hectare.	£619 per hectare.
5.2.   Management of conservation headlands.	£70 per hectare or if nitrogenous fertiliser is not applied, a premium payment of £150 per hectare.	£80 per hectare or if nitrogenous fertiliser is not applied, a premium payment of £150 per hectare.
5.3.   Management of extended hedges.	£500 per hectare.	£0.41 per running metre.
5.4.   Management of hedgerows.	£5,000 per hectare.	£0.85 per running metre.
6.1.   Introduction or retention of extensive cropping.	£120 per hectare or for application of management regime for period of three years or more on same site, £140 per hectare.	£120 per hectare or for application of management regime for a period of three years or more on the same site, £180 per hectare.
6.2.   Management of cropped machair.	£200 per hectare or where cultivation is combined with the traditional application of seaweed and/or dung, £240 per hectare.	£220 per hectare or where cultivation is combined with the traditional application of seaweed and/or dung, £270 per hectare.
6.3.   Unharvested crops.	£600 per hectare.	£445 per hectare.
7.1.   Management of scrub (including tall herb communities).	£55 per hectare.	£52 per hectare.
7.2.   Management of native or semi-natural woodland.	£100 per hectare.	£80 per hectare.
8.1.   Management of a site of archaeological or historical interest.	£80 per 0.25 hectare or part thereof up to 1.5 hectares and £80 per hectare thereafter or for crop-marked area sown to grass, £320 per hectare.	£80 per 0.25 hectare or part thereof up to 1.5 hectares and £80 per hectare thereafter or for crop marked area sown to grass, £320 per hectare.
9.1.   Conservation management plan with special measures for small units.	a. £50 per hectare (in-bye); or b. If a collective application covering a minimum of 4 crofts within the same crofting community, £60 per hectare (in-bye).	a. £44 per hectare (in bye); or b. If a collective application covering a minimum of 4 crofts within the same crofting community, £53 per hectare (in-bye).
9.2.   Retention or introduction of breeding cattle of native or traditional breed(s) in crofting areas (must be adopted in combination with prescription 9.1).	In addition to the aid payable under prescription 9.1– a. If the croft supports a herd of cattle of traditional or native breed(s) for the duration of participation in the scheme, £5 per hectare (in-bye); or b. If a herd of cattle of traditional or native breed(s) is introduced to the croft by the end of the first plan year and numbers of any sheep on the crofts are reduced to ensure no increase in overall stocking density, £340 per hectare (in bye).	In addition to the aid payable under prescription 9.1– a. if the croft supports a herd of cattle of traditional or native breed(s) for the duration of participation in the scheme, £74 per hectare (in bye); or b. if a herd of cattle of traditional or native breed(s) is introduced to the croft by the end of the first plan year and numbers of any sheep on the croft reduced to ensure no increase in overall stocking density, £374 per hectare (in bye).
10   Management of ancient wood pasture.	a. £30 per hectare on rough grazings; and b. £100 per hectare on improved and unimproved grassland.	a. £28 per hectare on rough grazings; and b. £100 per hectare on improved or unimproved grassland.
11   Spring cropping	£115 per hectare.	£106 per hectare.”.

(1)

Part I was amended by S.S.I. 2004/109, regulation 2(4)(a)(i).