Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 3195
AGRICULTURE, ENGLAND
The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Stage II) Designation (Amendment) Order 2001
Made
20th September 2001
Laid before Parliament
24th September 2001
Coming into force
15th October 2001
Whereas, pursuant to section 18(1) of the Agriculture Act 1986( 1 ), the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (βthe Ministerβ) has designated areas in Breckland, Clun, North Peak, the Suffolk River Valleys and the Test Valley as environmentally sensitive areas;
Now, therefore, the Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 18(1) and (4)(d)( 2 ) of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:
Title and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Stage II) Designation (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 15th October 2001.
Interpretation
2. In this Order βthe principal Orderβ means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Stage II) Designation Order 2000( 3 ).
Amendment of the principal Order
3. β(1) Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the principal Order shall be amended, in column 2, by the substitutionβ
(a) in item 1, of β135β for the figure β125β;
(b) in item 2(a), of β375β for the figure β350β;
(c) in item 2(d)(i), of β300β for the figure β280β; and
(d) in item 3(b), of β70β for the figure β50β.
(2) Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the principal Order shall be amended, in column 2, by the substitutionβ
(a) in item 1(a), of β35β for the figure β34β;
(b) in item 2(a), of β110β for the figure β100β;
(c) in item 2(b), of β190β for the figure β180β;
(d) in item 3, of β150β for the figure β120β;
(e) in item 4(a), of β15β for the figure β13β;
(f) in item 4(b), of β100β for the figure β85β; and
(g) in item 7, of β75β for the figure β78β.
(3) For Part 3 of Schedule 3 to the principal Order there shall be substituted Part 3 as set out in the Schedule to this Order.
(4) Part 3 to Schedule 4 of the principal Order shall be amended, in column 2, by the substitutionβ
(a) in item 2, of β290β for the figure β270β;
(b) in item 4, of β340β for the figure β290β;
(c) in item 5, of β80β for the figure β50β;
(d) in item 6, of β60β for the figure β50β; and
(e) in item 8, of β170β for the figure β130β.
(5) Part 3 of Schedule 5 to the principal Order shall be amended, in column 2, by the substitutionβ
(a) in item 1, of β35β for the figure β25β;
(b) in item 2, of β135β for the figure β110β;
(c) in item 3, of β50β for the figure β45β;
(d) in item 4, of β40β for the figure β35β;
(e) in item 5, of β330β for the figure β295β;
(f) in item 6(a), of β300β for the figure β265β; and
(g) in item 6(b), of β425β for the figure β400β.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
19th September 2001
We consent,
Tony McNulty
Gordon Brown
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majestyβs Treasury
20th September 2001
Article 3(3)
SCHEDULE SUBSTITUTED PART 3 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE PRINCIPAL ORDER (NORTH PEAK)
β PART 3 MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
Column 1 | Column 2 | |
---|---|---|
Activity | Maximum rate in Β£ per hectare of land per annum (except where otherwise stated) | |
1. | Maintenance of cultivated land. | 20 |
2. | Management of semi-improved permanent grassland. | 55 |
3. | Management of unimproved permanent grassland, including control of stocking levels. | 50 |
4. | Management of enclosed rough grazing including restrictions on stocking levels. | 45 |
5. | Where management of any kind referred to in item 3 or 4 above is undertaken, additional management so as to conserve meadowland. | 80 |
6. | Where management of any kind referred to in item 3, 4 or 5 above is undertaken, additional management so as to create wet areas. | 90 |
7. | As regards moorlandβ | |
(a) maintenance of moorland | 26 | |
(b) extensive grazing of moorland | 48 | |
(c) total stock exclosure from moorland areas. | 90 | |
8. | Management of woodland to enhance its nature conservation and landscape value. | 120 |
9. | The provision of public access routes. | 170 |
10. | Hedgerow restoration | Β£6 per metre |
11. | Wall restoration. | Β£22 per metre |
12. | Management of unimproved grassland and enclosed rough grazing. | 50 β |
1986 c. 49 The expression βthe Ministerβ is defined in section 18(11).
Section 18(4) was amended by S.I. 1994/249 .
S.I. 2000/3050 .