The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Dartmoor) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996

Statutory Instruments

1996 No. 2110

AGRICULTURE

The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Dartmoor) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996

Made

12th August 1996

Laid before Parliament

12th August 1996

Coming into force

1st September 1996

Whereas, pursuant to section 18(1) of the Agriculture Act 1986(1), the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has by Order designated an area on Dartmoor as an environmentally sensitive area;

Now, therefore, the said Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 18(1) and (4)(2) of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the consent of the Treasury, and after consulting the Secretary of State, the Countryside Commission, the Nature Conservancy Council for England(3) and the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England in accordance with section 18(1) and (2) of the said Act and section 99 of the Environment Act 1995(4) hereby makes the following Order:

(1)

1986 c. 49. The expression “the Minister” is defined in section 18(11).

(2)

Section 18(4) was amended by S.I. 1994/249.

(3)

The provisions in section 18(2)(a) of the Agriculture Act concerning Nature Conservancy Councils were amended by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43), Part VII and Sch. 9.

(4)

1995 c. 25.