# The Moorland (Livestock Extensification) (Amendment) Regulations 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
1 These Regulations make a number of amendments to the Moorland (Livestock Extensification) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/904). Like those 1995 Regulations, these Regulations extend to England only.
2 S.I. 1995/904 was the means whereby the zonal programme referred to in Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2078/92 and covering the aid Scheme referred to in Article 2(1)(c) of that Regulation was implemented as respects England. That zonal programme was agreed by Commission Decision No. C(94) 2951 of 9th December 1994.
3 These Regulations—
(a) amend the definition of “compensatory allowance” in regulation 2(1) of S.I. 1995/904 ( “the principal Regulations”) [ regulation 2(2)(a)];
(b) amend the definition of “ewe” in regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations ( regulation 2(2)(b));
(c) insert definitions of “lowland flock” and “qualified flock” into regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations ( regulation 2(2)(c) and (d));
(d) revoke the definition of “qualifying date” in regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations ( regulation 2(2)(e));
(e) amend the definition of “Sheep Pilot Extensification Scheme” in regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations ( regulation 2(2)(f));
(f) insert a provision (new regulation 2(5)) into the principal Regulations relating to the recital of references to Community instruments ( regulation 2(3));
(g) make changes to the undertakings an applicant is required to give to the Minister before he may be granted payments of aid under the principal Regulations ( regulation 2(4));
(h) correct a number of typographical errors appearing in the principal Regulations ( regulation 2(5), (6) and (7));
(i) increase the amount of the yearly payment that may be made to a successful applicant for aid under the principal Regulations and change the mechanism for calculating it ( regulation 2(8));
(j) permit aid to be paid under the principal Regulations in respect of bracken control and temporary fencing ( regulation 2(9));
(k) delete regulation 8(3) of the principal Regulations ( regulation 2(10));
(l) impose conditions relating to the payment of aid under the principal Regulations on persons who graze ewes on common land ( regulation 2(11));
(m) amend the conditions now appearing in the principal Regulations which govern the policing of compliance with the Scheme rules ( regulation 2(12)).
4 No compliance cost assessment has been prepared in respect of these Regulations.

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