# The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Shropshire Hills) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Shropshire Hills) Designation Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/709) which designated an area in the Shropshire Hills as an environmentally sensitive area, in compliance with 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.
Subject to a saving provision, the Order amends the rates of payments to be made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food pursuant to a management agreement made under section 18(3) of the Agriculture Act 1986, clarifies which part of the agreement land may be used for the growing of arable crops, adds a supplementary payment rate for permanent grassland or extensive permanent grassland where that land is haymeadow, revokes the option of including managed woodland in a management agreement, clarifies an ambiguity raised by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments and adds several options to the operations that may be included in a conservation plan (articles 2 and 3).
No Compliance Cost Assessment in relation to this Order has been prepared.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2109/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-shropshire-hills-designation-amendment-order-1996/note
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