# The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Test Valley) Designation (Amendment) Order 1995

S.I. 1995/191 · made 26 January 1995

This Order amends the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Test Valley) Designation Order 1993 (“the principal Order”) which designated an area in the Test Valley as an environmentally sensitive area.

Made under: Agriculture Act 1986 (Section 18)

## Introductory text

AGRICULTURE
Made 26th January 1995
Laid before Parliament 7th February 1995
Coming into force 28th February 1995
Whereas, pursuant to section 18(1) of the Agriculture Act 1986, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has by order designated an area in the Test Valley as an environmentally sensitive area;
Now, therefore, the said 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, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Test Valley) Designation (Amendment) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 28th February 1995.

## 2 Interpretation

In this Order “the principal Order” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Test Valley) Designation Order 1993.

## 3 Amendment of the principal Order

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

## 4 Rates of payment under agreement

In article 6 of the principal Order—
(1) in paragraph (1), for the amount “£10”, there shall be substituted the amount “£20”;
(2) for paragraph (3), there shall be substituted the following paragraph:
“(3) Where an agreement includes a conservation plan, the Minister shall also make payments in respect of the operations included in the plan, subject to a maximum of £15,000 for each agreement.”.

## 5 Amendment to Schedules

In paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the principal Order—
(a) the word “traditional”, where it first appears, shall be deleted;
(b) the words “methods and” shall be deleted.

## 6 Saving

Article 4(1) of this Order shall not apply in respect of any annual payment to a farmer which relates wholly or in part to any period before 1st April 1995.

## Signature

Howe
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
26th January 1995
We consent
Timothy Kirkhope
Tim Wood
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
23rd January 1995

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Test Valley) Designation Order 1993 (“the principal Order”) which designated an area in the Test Valley as an environmentally sensitive area.
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 (articles 4 and 6).
The Order amends the list of operations, in Schedule 3 to the principal Order, that may be included in a “conservation plan” (as defined in article 2(1) of the principal Order) (article 5).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/191 (the official version)
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