# The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Blackdown Hills) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Blackdown Hills) Designation Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/707) which designated an area in Blackdown Hills as an environmentally sensitive area, in compliance with Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2078/92 (OJ No. L215, 30.7.92, p.85) on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements of protection of the environment and the maintenance of the countryside.
Subject to a saving provision, the Order amends the rates of payments to be made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to a management agreement made under section 18(3) of the Agriculture Act 1986, clarifies which part of the agreement land may be used for the growing of arable crops, revokes the option of including managed woodland in a management agreement, clarifies an ambiguity raised by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments and adds several options to the operations that may be included in a conservation plan (articles 2 and 3).
No Compliance Cost Assessment in relation to this Order has been prepared.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2106/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-blackdown-hills-designation-amendment-order-1996/note
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