{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-south-downs-designation-order-1997/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-south-downs-designation-order-1997/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1443",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Downs) Designation Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-south-downs-designation-order-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE\nMade 5th June 1997\nLaid before Parliament 10th June 1997\nComing into force 1st July 1997\nWhereas, as mentioned in section 18(1) of the Agriculture Act 1986, it appears to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (“the Minister”) that it is particularly desirable–\n(1) to conserve and enhance the natural beauty of the area referred to in article 3 of this Order;\n(2) to conserve the flora and fauna and geological and physiographical features of that area; and\n(3) to protect buildings and other objects of historic interest in that area;\nAnd whereas, as mentioned in that section, it appears to the Minister that the maintenance or adoption of the agricultural methods specified in Schedule 1 to this following Order is likely to facilitate the aforementioned conservation, enhancement and protection;\nNow, therefore, the Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 18(1) and (4)of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the consent of the Treasury and after consultation with the Secretary of State, the Countryside Commission, the Nature Conservancy Council for England and the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England as called for by section 18(1) and (2) of the said Act and section 99 of the Environment Act 1995, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 49. The expression “the Minister” is defined in section 18(11)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 18(4) was amended by S.I. 1994/249."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The provisions in section 18 of the Agriculture Act 1986 concerning Nature Conservancy Councils were amended by Part VII of, and Schedule 9 to, the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1995 c. 25."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1443/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:07:34.088896+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."
}