Statutory Instruments
AGRICULTURE
Made
13th May 1999
Laid before Parliament
20th May 1999
Coming into force
15th June 1999
Whereas, pursuant to section 18(1) of the Agriculture Act 1986(1), the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ("the Minister") has by order designated an area in the Test Valley as an environmentally sensitive area;
Now therefore the Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 18(1) and (4)(d)(2) of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Test Valley) Designation (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 15th June 1999.
2. In this Order, "the principal Order" means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Test Valley) Designation Order 1993(3).
3. In Schedule 2 to the principal Order (management activities), in paragraph 5 of Part I, for "275" there shall be substituted "295".
4. Article 3 of this Order shall not apply in respect of any payment to a farmer which relates to any period before 1st May 1999.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
12th May 1999
We consent,
Jane Kennedy
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
13th May 1999
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Test Valley) Designation Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/459) ("the principal Order"), which designated an area in the Test Valley as an environmentally sensitive area. The principal Order designated Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2078/92 (OJ No. L215, 30.7.92, p. 85) on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements of protection of the environment and the maintenance of the countryside, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2772/95 (OJ No. L288, 1.12.95, p. 35), as in turn rectified by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1962/96 (OJ No. L259, 12.10.96, p. 7).
Subject to a saving provision, this Order amends the maximum rate of payment to be made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in respect of the management of wet grassland.
No regulatory appraisal has been made in respect of this Order.
1986 c. 49. The expression "the Minister" is defined in section 18(11).