http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1453/madeThe Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Kent Marshes) Designation (Amendment) Order 1997Environmentally Sensitive AreasKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2016-01-14AGRICULTURE This Order further amends, with effect from 1st July 1997, the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Kent Marshes) Designation Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/82, amended by S.I. 1994/918, 1995/199, 1996/3104), which designated an area in the North Kent Marshes as an environmentally sensitive area. The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Kent Marshes) Designation (Amendment) Order 1997OrderThe Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Stage III) Designation Order 2000Sch. 7art. 1 1997 No. 1453 AGRICULTURE The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Kent Marshes) Designation (Amendment) Order 1997 Made 5th June 1997 Laid before Parliament 10th June 1997 Coming into force 1st July 1997

Whereas, pursuant to section 18(1) of the Agriculture Act 1986, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has by order designated an area in the North Kent Marshes as an environmentally sensitive area;

Now, therefore, the said Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 18(1) and (4) 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: Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Kent Marshes) Designation (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997. Interpretation 2 In this Order “the principal Order” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Kent Marshes) Designation Order 1993. Amendment of the principal Order 3 The principal Order shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order. Rates of payment under agreement 4 In article 6 of the principal Order— a in paragraph (1), for the amount “£115” there shall be substituted the amount “£130”; b in paragraph (2), in the table, in the right hand column— i for the figure “£165” there shall be substituted the figure “£180”, and ii for the figure “£260” there shall be substituted the figure “£265”. Amendment to Schedule 5 In Schedule 4 (conservation plan operations) to the principal Order, in paragraph 3, before the word “restoration” there shall be inserted the words “creation or”. Saving 6 The amendments made to the principal Order by article 4 of this Order shall not apply in respect of any annual payment made to a farmer which relates wholly or in part to any period before 1st April 1997. Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 4th June 1997 We consent, Bob Ainsworth Jon Owen Jones Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 5th June 1997 (This note is not part of the Order)

This Order further amends, with effect from 1st July 1997, the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Kent Marshes) Designation Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/82, amended by S.I. 1994/918, 1995/199, 1996/3104), which designated an area in the North Kent Marshes as an environmentally sensitive area.

Subject to a saving provision, the Order amends the rates of payment to be made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food pursuant to a management agreement made under section 18(3) of the Agriculture Act 1986 (article 4).

An amendment is also made to add an option to the operations that may be included in a conservation plan (article 5).

1986 c. 49. The expression “the Minister” is defined in section 18(11). Section 18(4) was amended by S.I. 1994/249. S.I. 1993/82, amended by S.I. 1994/918, 1995/199, 1996/3104.