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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-designation-wales-amendment-order-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/173",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas Designation (Wales) (Amendment) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-designation-wales-amendment-order-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE\nMade 8th February 1988\nLaid before Parliament 9th February 1988\nComing into force 1st March 1988\nWhereas, pursuant to section 18(1) of the Agriculture Act 1986(), the Secretary of State has by order designated certain areas in Wales as environmentally sensitive areas();\nAnd whereas, pursuant to section 18(4) of the said Act, the Secretary of State has specified in the orders designating the above-mentioned areas the requirements as to agricultural practices, methods and operations and the installation or use of equipment which must be included in agreements made under section 18(3) of the said Act as respects agricultural land in those areas;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 18(1), (4) and (11) of the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 49."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/2257, 1987/2026 and 2027."
    }
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}