# The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Exmoor) Designation (Amendment) Order 1998, Introduction: Introductory text


AGRICULTURE
Made 19th May 1998
Laid before Parliament 27th May 1998
Coming into force 22nd June 1998
Whereas, pursuant to section 18(1) of the Agriculture Act 1986, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (“the Minister”) has by order designated an area in Exmoor as an environmentally sensitive area (“the designated area”);
And whereas it appears to the Minister that it is particularly desirable—
(1) to conserve and enhance the natural beauty of the designated area;
(2) to conserve the flora and fauna and geological and physiographical features of that area; and
(3) to protect buildings and other objects of historic interest in that area;
And whereas it appears to the Minister that the maintenance or adoption of particular agricultural methods in respect of the matters specified in the Schedules to the following Order is likely to facilitate such conservation, enhancement or protection;
Now therefore, the said Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 18(1) and (4) of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the consent of the Treasury and after consultation with the Secretary of State, the Countryside Commission and the Nature Conservancy Council for England in accordance with section 18(1) of the said Act, and with the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England in accordance with section 99 of the Environment Act 1995, makes the following Order:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1302/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-exmoor-designation-amendment-order-1998/introduction
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