(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Loch Lomond) Designation Order 1992 to increase the ceiling on payments made to persons from £25,000 to £30,000 in respect of each 5 year conservation plan contained in an agreement (article 2) and by allowing the farmer to take measures for creating dykes, hedges and ponds and to conserve, enhance or extend water margins (article 3)).