{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-ynys-mon-designation-amendment-order-1997/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/975",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Ynys Môn) Designation (Amendment) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-ynys-mon-designation-amendment-order-1997",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Ynys Môn) Designation Order 1993",
  "text": "(1) The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Ynys Môn) Designation Order 1993 shall be further amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this article.\n(2) In paragraph (1) of article 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) in the definition of the word “bank”, for the word “or” where it occurs immediately after the word “stone”, there shall be substituted the word “and”;\n(b) after the definition of “conservation headland” there shall be added the following definition—\n““conservation plan” means a plan for the carrying out of one or more of the operations specified in Schedule 4 which the farmer undertakes, as part of an agreement, to implement within a period of two years;”;\n(c) in the definition of the word “heather”, after the words “Erica tetralix”, there shall be inserted the words “, Vaccinium myrtillus”.\n(3) In article 6 (rates of payment under agreement)—\n(a) in paragraph (4)—\n(i) in subparagraph (a), for “£20” there shall be substituted “£30”;\n(ii) for subparagraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub- paragraph—\n“(b) £90 per annum for each hectare of broadleaved woodland and which under the agreement is subject to the additional provision specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2;”;\n(iii) subparagraph (c) shall be deleted;\n(iv) in subparagraph (g), for “£90” there shall be substituted “£150”;\n(v) in subparagraph (h), for “£50” there shall be substituted “£90”;\n(vi) in subparagraph (i), for “£80” there shall be substituted “£150”;\n(vii) in subparagraph (j), for “£80” there shall be substituted “£125”.\n(b) for paragraph (6) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—\n“(6) Where an agreement includes a conservation plan, the Secretary of State shall also make payments in respect of operations included in the plan, subject to a maximum of £20,000 for that agreement.”.\n(c) paragraph (7) shall be deleted.\n(4) For paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 there shall be substituted the following paragraph—\n“2 As regards any land which is the subject of an agreement and which is broadleaved woodland the farmer shall exclude livestock.”.\n(5) In Schedule 4 (conservation plan operations)—\n(a) in paragraph 6 the word “traditional”, where it occurs before the word “farm”, shall be deleted and the words “using traditional materials” shall be inserted after the word “buildings”.\n(b) after paragraph 9 there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—\n“10 The control of Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera).\n11 The provision of protective fencing for broadleaved woodland.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1993/1210, amended by S.I. 1993/2422, 1995/242 and 1996/3077."
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/975/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:10:39.492908+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."
}