{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-sensitive-areas-designation-order-1990/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1013",
  "legislation_title": "The Nitrate Sensitive Areas (Designation) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-sensitive-areas-designation-order-1990",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nSection 112 of the Water Act 1989 (“the 1989 Act”) gives the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (“the Minister”) and the Secretary of State for the Environment (“the Secretary of State”) power, acting jointly, to designate land in England as a nitrate sensitive area where they consider it appropriate to do so with a view to preventing or controlling the entry of nitrate into controlled waters as a result of, or of anything done in connection with, the use of any land for agricultural purposes.\nThis Order designates as nitrate sensitive areas the following areas: Ogbourne St. George NSA, Egford NSA, Sleaford NSA, Branston Booths NSA, Kilham NSA, Old Chalford NSA, Wellings NSA, Tom Hill NSA, Wildmoor NSA and Boughton NSA (article 3 and Schedule 3). The areas are defined by reference to maps which are available for inspection during normal office hours at the offices of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3HX and at:–\nOgbourne St. George NSA\nSouth Western Regional Office\nBlock III\nGovernment Buildings\nBurghill Road\nWestbury on Trym\nBristol BS 10 6NJ\nGloucester Divisional Office\nElmbridge Court\nCheltenham Road\nGloucester GL3 1AG\nEgford NSA\nSouth Western Regional Office\nBlock III\nGovernment Buildings\nBurghill Road\nWestbury on Trym\nBristol BS10 6NJ\nTaunton Divisional Office\nQuantock House\nPaul Street\nTaunton TA1 3NX\nSleaford NSA and Branston Booths NSA\nEastern Regional Office\nBlock C\nGovernment Buildings\nBrooklands Avenue\nCambridge CB2 2DR\nLincoln Divisional Office\nCeres House\n2 Searby Road\nLincoln LN2 4DH\nKilham NSA\nNorthern Regional Office\nBlock 1\nGovernment Buildings\nLawns Wood\nLeeds LS16 5PY\nBeverley Divisional Office\nCrosskill House\nMill Lane\nBeverley HU17 9JB\nOld Chalford NSA\nSouth Eastern Regional Office\nBlock A\nGovernment Offices\nColey Park\nReading RG1 6DT\nOxford Divisional Office\nGovernment Buildings\nMarston Road\nOxford OX3 0TP\nWellings NSA, Tom Hill NSA and Wildmoor NSA\nMidlands and Western Regional Office\nWood Thorne\nWolverhampton WV6 8TQ\nWorcester Divisional Office\nGovernment Buildings\nBlock C\nWhittington Road\nWorcester WR5 2LQ\nBoughton NSA\nMidlands and Western Regional Office\nWood Thorne\nWolverhampton WV6 8TQ\nNottingham Divisional Office\nBlock 7\nChalfont Drive\nNottingham NG8 3SN\nSketch maps of the areas are attached hereto.\nSection 112(2) of the 1989 Act enables the Minister to enter into an agreement with the owner of the freehold interest in any agricultural land, or a person having any other interest in agricultural land who has the consent of the owner of the freehold interest, in a nitrate sensitive area, imposing obligations with respect to the management of the land.\nThe Order differentiates between a basic scheme agreement and a premium scheme agreement (article 2) and specifies requirements as to the practices which must be included in each type of agreement (Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 respectively).\nThe Order also contains provisions in relation to:\n(a) applications (article 4);\n(b) conditions of entry into agreements (article 5);\n(c) monitoring of compliance with an agreement (article 6);\n(d) payments to be made by the Minister (article 7 and Schedule 4);\n(e) recovery of payments (articles 8 and 9); and\n(f) the determination by arbitration of any question arising under an agreement and the determination of a dispute as to the economic optimum (article 8).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1013/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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