Amendment of principal regulations
3. The principal regulations shall be further amended in accordance with regulations 4 and 5 of these regulations.
4. In regulation 3(1) thereof (farm development grants) there shall be substituted for subparagraph (a) the following subparagraph—
“(a)has been or is to be incurred in respect of any work or facility, or part thereof, or transaction of a kind specified in—
(i)column 1 of Schedule 1;
(ii)paragraphs 1 to 13, 14(i), 14(ii), 14(iii) and 15 to 28 of column 1 of Schedule 2;
(iii)in relation to Northern Ireland only, paragraph 14(iv) of column 1 of Schedule 2, and”.
5. In Schedule 2 thereto—
(a)in paragraph 1(ii) thereof in column 1 there shall be substituted for the words “designed and intended solely for the drying or storage of grain for consumption by livestock” the words “designed and intended for the drying or storage of grain for consumption solely by livestock”.
(b)in paragraph 7 thereof in columns 2, 3 and 4 there shall be substituted for the existing figures the figures “32.5”, “50” and “32.5” respectively;
(c)in paragraph 9 thereof in column 3 there shall be inserted after the figure “50” the symbol “*” and there shall be inserted at the end of that Schedule the following footnote—
“*In accordance with regulations 12(2) this rate of grant is available only to agricultural businesses situated on severely disadvantaged land.”;
(d)in paragraph 12(i) and (ii) thereof in column 1 there shall be substituted for the existing descriptions the following descriptions—
(i)“12. Provision, replacement or improvement of hedges, walls and dykes (where the walls and dykes are built of materials traditional in the locality) and associated gates.
(ii)Provision, replacement or improvement of permanent fences, walls and dykes (where the walls and dykes are not built of materials traditional in the locality) and associated gates.”.
(e)for paragraph 14 thereof there shall be substituted the following paragraph in columns 1, 2, 3 and 4—
| (i) Reseeding and regeneration of grassland, laying down of permanent pasture and bracken control, including as part of a complete programme of work the application of lime or fertilizer. | 32.5 | Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
| (ii) Reseeding and regeneration of grassland and laying down of permanent pasture; bracken control; application of lime or fertilizer (other than normal husbandry applications) for the benefit of grassland. | Not Applicable | 50 | Not Applicable |
| (iii) Burning heather or grass or making muirburn or regenerating heather by cutting. | 32.5 | 50 | 32.5 |
| (iv) In Northern Ireland only, reclamation of land, including the removal of obstructions to cultivation. | 32.5 | 50 | 32.5” |