Schedule 2 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS—I

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 2 substituted by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Kent Marshes) Designation 1998 Sch. 2
Sch.2, para. substituted by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Kent Marshes) Designation 1995 art.5
Sch.2, Pt.I, paras.1,2 amended by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Kent Marshes) Designation 1999 arts.3,4

As regards all land which is the subject of an agreement—

(1)

the farmer shall maintain water levels in ditches and dykes at not more than 30 centimetres below mean field level from 1st May until 30th November in any year;

(2)

the farmer shall maintain water levels in ditches and dykes at not less than mean field level (so as to create shallow pools) from 1st December in any year until the following 30th April;

(3)

except under flood warning conditions, the farmer shall not let water out of ditches and dykes until the levels described in subparagraph (2) above have been achieved.