Explanatory note

This Order amends the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Kent Marshes) Designation Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/82) (“the principal Order”), which designated an area in the North Kent Marshes as an environmentally sensitive area. The principal Order implemented 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, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2772/95 (OJ No. L288, 1.12.95, p. 35), as in turn rectified by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1962/96 (OJ No. L259, 12.10.96, p. 7).

Subject to a saving provision, this Order amends the maximum rates of payment to be made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in respect of the management of permanent grassland, and in respect of the management of grassland so as to bring about and maintain high water levels.

No regulatory impact assessment has been made in respect of this Order.