{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-upper-thames-tributaries-designation-amendment-order-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-upper-thames-tributaries-designation-amendment-order-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2105",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Upper Thames Tributaries) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-upper-thames-tributaries-designation-amendment-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE\nMade 12th August 1996\nLaid before Parliament 12th August 1996\nComing into force 1st September 1996\nWhereas, pursuant to section 18(1) of the Agriculture Act 1996, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has by order designated an area in the Upper Thames Tributaries as an environmentally sensitive area;\nNow, 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 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 in accordance with 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(2)(a) of the Agriculture Act concerning Nature Conservancy Councils were amended by the Environment Protection Act 1990 (c. 43), Part VII and Sch. 9."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1995 c. 25."
    }
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  "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."
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