Scottish Statutory Instruments
AGRICULTURE
Made
6th February 2001
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
6th February 2001
Coming into force
8th March 2001
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 18(1), (4) and (11) of the Agriculture Act 1986(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Central Southern Uplands) Designation Amendment Order 2001 and shall come into force on 8th March 2001.
2. For paragraph 10(b)(iii) of the Schedule to the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Central Southern Uplands) Designation Order 1993(2) there shall be substituted–
“if the farmer so wishes, measures to restore stone buchts and fanks and measures to restore or create dykes and hedges, in each case to standards consistent with conservation interests;”.
ROSS FINNIE
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
6th February 2001
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Central Southern Uplands) Designation Order 1993 by allowing the farmer to take measures to create dykes and create or restore hedges.
1986 c. 49; section 18(4) was amended by S.I. 1994/249. See section 17 for the definition of “the Minister”. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). The requirement to obtain Treasury consent was removed by section 55 of that