Title and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South West Peak) Designation (Amendment) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 28th February 1995.

Interpretation

2. In this Order "the principal Order" means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South West Peak) Designation Order 1993(3).

Amendment of the principal Order

3. The principal Order shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.

4. In article 2, paragraph 1 of the principal Order, the definition of "managed woodland" shall be deleted.

Rates of payment under agreement

5. In article 6 of the principal Order-

(1) in paragraph (1)-

(a)in sub-paragraph (a), for the amount "£10", there shall be substituted the amount "£15";

(b)in sub-paragraph (b), for the amount "£28", there shall be substituted the amount "£40";

(c)in sub-paragraph (d), for the amount "£25", there shall be substituted the amount "£40";

(2) in paragraph (2)-

(a)the words "or in Schedule 3" shall be deleted;

(b)in the table, in the right hand column, for the figure "210", there shall be substituted the figure "200";

(c)in the table-

(i)in the left hand column, the words "Schedule 3" shall be deleted;

(ii)in the right hand column, on the corresponding line, the figure "25" shall be deleted;

(3) in paragraph (3), for the amount "£3", there shall be substituted the amount "£3.50";

(4) after paragraph (3), there shall be inserted the following paragraph:

"(3A) Where an agreement includes a requirement to add top-wiring to specified walls, the Minister shall also make payments at a rate of £1 per metre of wall to which top-wire has been added.";

(5) for paragraph (4), there shall be substituted the following paragraph:

"(4) Where an agreement includes a conservation plan, the Minister shall also make payments in respect of the operations included in the plan, subject to a maximum of £20,000 for each agreement.".

Amendment to Schedules

6.-(1) Schedule 3 to the principal Order shall be deleted.

(2) In Schedule 5 to the principal Order, in paragraph 2, the word "traditional", where it first appears, shall be deleted.

Saving

7.-(1) Article 5(1), (2)(b) and (3) of this Order shall not apply in respect of any annual payment to a farmer which relates wholly or in part to any period before 1st April 1995.

(2) Articles 4, 5(2)(a), 5(2)(c) and 6(1) of this Order shall not apply in relation to any agreement made on or before the coming into force of this Order.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South West Peak) Designation Order 1993 ("the principal Order") which designated an area in the South West Peak as an environmentally sensitive area.

Subject to a saving provision, the Order amends the rates of payments to be made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food pursuant to a management agreement made under section 18(3) of the Agriculture Act 1986 (articles 5(1), 5(2)(b), 5(3), 5(5) and 7(1)). The Order also provides for the Minister to make additional payments where a management agreement includes a requirement to add top-wiring to walls and specifies the rate of such payments (article 5(4)).

Articles 5(2)(a) and (c) delete references, in article 6(2) of the principal Order, to Schedule 3 of that Order and to the rate of the additional payment to be made where an agreement includes provisions relating to managed woodland in accordance with that Schedule. Accordingly, the definition of "managed woodland" in article 2(1) of the principal Order, and Schedule 3 to the principal Order (ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS- II) are deleted (articles 4 and 6(1)). These amendments do not apply in relation to agreements made on or before the date on which this Order comes into force (article 7(2)).

The Order amends the list of operations, in Schedule 5 to the principal Order, that may be included in a "conservation plan" (as defined in Article 2(1) of the principal Order) (article 6(2)).