http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/270/introductionEnvironmentally Sensitive Areas (Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001Rural developmentEnvironmentally Sensitive AreasCouncil policies and plansAGRICULTUREStatute Law Database2025-04-18Expert Participation2013-02-01 These Regulations supplement the Environmentally Sensitive Areas Designation Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. 2001 No. 269) (“the 2001 Order”), which gives effect in part to the agri-environment element of the programming document based on the rural development plan for Northern Ireland submitted by the United Kingdom to the European Commission pursuant to Article 41 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1257/1999 (O.J. No. L160, 26.06.1999, p. 80) and which was approved by Commission Decision C (2000) 3638 of 4th December 2000. 2001 No. 270Made5th July 2001Coming into operation10th September 2001The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, being a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, and matters relating to the promotion of rural development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations: S.I. 1972/1811 and S.I. 2000/3238 1972 c. 68 Regulations revoked (8.6.2005) by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005/277), regs. 1, 6(1) (with reg. 6(2))