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The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Downs) Designation (Amendment) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/1297 · Made 19 May 1998

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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 1986f1, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (“the Minister”) has by order designated an area in the South Downs as an environmentally sensitive area;

Now, therefore, the Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 18(1) and (4)f2 of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1986 c. 49. The expression “the Minister” is defined in section 18(11).

f2

Section 18(4) was amended by S.I. 1994/249; subsection 18(4A) was inserted by S.I. 1997/1457.

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Amendments to the principal Order
  4. 4Amendments to the principal Order
  5. 5Amendments to the principal Order
  6. 6Amendment to the 1992 Order
  7. 7Saving
  8. Signature
  9. Explanatory note

1Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Downs) Designation (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 22nd June 1998.

2Interpretation

In this Order “the principal Order” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Downs) Designation Order 1997f1.

3Amendments to the principal Order

The principal Order shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.

4Amendments to the principal Order

In Part I of Schedule 7 to the principal Order there shall be substituted the following—

“Part I

1

Where the requirements of paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 1 apply, a maximum rate of £50 per hectare per annum.

2

Where the requirements of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 1 apply, a maximum of £60 per hectare per annum.”.

5Amendments to the principal Order

In the table in Part II of Schedule 7 to the principal Order, there shall be substituted “330” for the figure “290” and “90” for the figure “80”.

6Amendment to the 1992 Order

The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Downs) Designation Order 1992f1 shall, in so far as, by virtue of article 6(1)(b) of the principal Order, it continues to apply to agreements made before the coming into force of the principal Order, be amended in article 6(2) by the substitution in the table set out therein of “330” for the figure “290” and “90” for the figure “80”.

7Saving

Articles 4, 5 and 6 of this Order shall not have effect for the purposes of any annual payment to a farmer which relates wholly or in part to any period before 1st April 1998.

Signature

Elliot Morley

Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

18th May 1998

We consent,

Graham Allen

Jim Dowd

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

19th May 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Downs) Designation Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1443) (“the principal Order”), which designated an area in the South Downs as an environmentally sensitive area, in implementation of 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 last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2772/95 (OJ No. L288, 1.12.95, p. 35) as 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 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 (articles 3, 4 and 5).

This Order also further amends the rates of payment specified by the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Down) Designation Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/52), in so far as, by virtue of article 6(1)(b) of the principal Order, it continues to apply to agreements made before 1st July 1997.

No regulatory appraisal has been prepared in respect of this Order.