Amendment of the principal Order

2.—(1) In article 7(a) of the principal Order–

(a) for “15th August 1996” there shall be substituted “8th March 2001”; and

(b) for the figure “£25,000” there shall be substituted the figure “£30,000”.

(2) For article 7(b) of the principal Order(1) there shall be substituted–

“(b) in the case of an agreement entered into before that date, up to a maximum rate for each 5 year conservation plan of £37,500 for specially identified wetlands and £30,000 for other operations included in such agreement, which agreement had commenced but which had not ended before that date.”.

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Article 7 was amended by S.I. 1996/1964, article 3