{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-exmoor-designation-order-1993/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-exmoor-designation-order-1993/schedule-1/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/83",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Exmoor) Designation Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-exmoor-designation-order-1993",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "As regards any heather moorland or coastal heath which is the subject of an agreement—\n(1) the farmer shall not increase existing stocking levels and in any event shall not exceed a stocking level of 0.225 livestock units per hectare in any year;\n(2) the farmer shall not graze cattle from 1st November in any year until the following 15th April and shall graze ponies only with the Minister’s prior written approval;\n(3) the farmer shall not exceed a stocking level of 1 ewe per hectare from 1st November in any year until the following 15th April;\n(4) the farmer shall not provide supplementary feed for livestock, except that in emergency conditions he may provide hay;\n(5) the farmer shall not provide mineral or feed blocks for livestock;\n(6) the farmer shall observe the provisions of paragraph 4 above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/1302",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Exmoor) Designation (Amendment) Order 1998"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/83/schedule/1/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:06:41.963388+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}