Explanatory note

The Secretary of State for Wales has made a series of Orders, namely the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Cambrian Mountains) Designation Order 1986, the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Cambrian Mountains — Extension) Designation Order 1987 and the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Lleyn Peninsula) Designation Order 1987, which designated areas in the Cambrian Mountains and the Lleyn Peninsula as environmentally sensitive areas. Each of those Orders, as amended by S.I. 1988/173, specified requirements (“the requirements”) as to agricultural practices, methods and operations and the installation and use of equipment which must be included in an agreement entered into by the Secretary of State under section 18(3) of the Agriculture Act 1986. The Order designating land in the Lleyn Peninsula also specifies additional provisions (“additional provisions”) as to agricultural practices, methods and operations and the installation and use of equipment which may be included in an agreement. Each of the above-mentioned Orders contains definitions (“definitions”) of terms to be used in the requirements and additional provisions.

This Order prescribes Welsh versions of the requirements, additional provisions and definitions, which may be used in place of the requirements, additional provisions and definitions already specified in the English language (articles 2 to 4 and Schedules 1 to 3).