The Environmentally Sensitive Areas Designation (Wales) (Amendment) Order 1988

Statutory Instruments

1988 No. 173

AGRICULTURE

The Environmentally Sensitive Areas Designation (Wales) (Amendment) Order 1988

Made

8th February 1988

Laid before Parliament

9th February 1988

Coming into force

1st March 1988

Whereas, pursuant to section 18(1) of the Agriculture Act 1986((1)), the Secretary of State has by order designated certain areas in Wales as environmentally sensitive areas((2));

And whereas, pursuant to section 18(4) of the said Act, the Secretary of State has specified in the orders designating the above-mentioned areas the requirements as to agricultural practices, methods and operations and the installation or use of equipment which must be included in agreements made under section 18(3) of the said Act as respects agricultural land in those areas;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 18(1), (4) and (11) of the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas Designation (Wales) (Amendment) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st March 1988.

(2) In this Order “the principal Orders” means the statutory instruments set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Amendment of principal Orders

2.  The principal Orders shall each be amended in accordance with articles 3 and 4 below.

3.  In article 2(1) (interpretation) there shall be inserted immediately after the definition of “broadleaved woodland” the following definition:—

““cow” means a female bovine animal which has calved at least twice;”.

4.  In article 2(1) (interpretation) there shall be substituted for the definition of “livestock unit” the following definition:—

• ““livestock unit” means—

  (a)

  1 cow, or

  (b)

  1.25 bovine animals (other than cows) more than two years old, or

  (c)

  1.6 bovine animals (other than cows) from one year old to two years old inclusive, or

  (d)

  2.5 bovine animals less than one year old, or

  (e)

  6.66 sheep;”.

Peter Walker

Secretary of State for Wales

8th February 1988

We consent,

Michael Neubert

Mark Lennox-Boyd

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

8th February 1988

Article 1(2)

SCHEDULE LIST OF PRINCIPAL ORDERS

Title of Instrument	Number of Instrument
The Environmentally Sensitive Areas
(Cambrian Mountains) Designation Order 1986	1986/2257
The Environmentally Sensitive Areas
(Cambrian Mountains—Extension) Designation Order 1987	1987/2026
The Environmentally Sensitive Areas
(Lleyn Peninsula) Designation Order 1987	1987/2027

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends a series of Orders previously made by the Secretary of State for Wales, namely the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Cambrian Mountains) Designation Order 1986, the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Cambrian Mountains—Extension) Designation Order 1987 and the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Lleyn Peninsula) Designation Order 1987, which designated areas in the Cambrian Mountains and the Lleyn Peninsula as environmentally sensitive areas. The Order inserts a definition of “cow” and for clarification substitutes a new definition of “livestock unit” (articles 3and 4).

(1)

1986 c. 49.

(2)

S.I. 1986/2257, 1987/2026 and 2027.