Amendment of the principal Order

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

“7.— (1) Where an agreement identifies expenditure required to undertake additional farming operations specified in paragraph 10(b) of the Schedule to this Order, the Scottish Ministers shall make additional payments according to the farming operations to be carried out.

(2) The payments to be made under paragraph (1) above shall be made at a rate to be determined by the Scottish Ministers–

(a) in the case of an agreement entered into on or after 8th March 2001 up to a maximum rate of £30,000 for each 5 year conservation plan; and

(b) in the case of an agreement entered into before that date, up to a maximum rate of £30,000 for a 5 year conservation plan included in such agreement which agreement had commenced but which had not ended before that date.”.

(1)

Article 7 was substituted by S.I. 1995/3096, article 2(4)