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(1) This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Breadalbane) Designation Amendment Order 2001 and shall come into force on 8th March 2001.
(2) In this Order “the principal Order” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Breadalbane) Designation Order 1992.
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(1) For article 7 of the principal Order there shall be substituted–“
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(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.”.
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For paragraph 10(b)(v) of the Schedule of the principal Order there shall be substituted–“
(v) if the farmer so wishes, measures to restore or create dykes, hedges and ponds, and measures to restore stone fanks, in each case to standards consistent with conservation interests;”.
ROSS FINNIE
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
6th February 2001