The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Ynys Môn) Designation (Amendment) Order 1997
Title and commencement1.
This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Ynys Mon) Designation (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st May 1997.
Amendment of the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Ynys Môn) Designation Order 19932.
(1)
(2)
In paragraph (1) of article 2 (interpretation)—
(a)
in the definition of the word “bank”, for the word “or” where it occurs immediately after the word “stone”, there shall be substituted the word “and”;
(b)
““conservation plan” means a plan for the carrying out of one or more of the operations specified in Schedule 4 which the farmer undertakes, as part of an agreement, to implement within a period of two years;”;
(c)
in the definition of the word “heather”, after the words “Erica tetralix”, there shall be inserted the words “, Vaccinium myrtillus”.
(3)
In article 6 (rates of payment under agreement)—
(a)
in paragraph (4)—
(i)
in subparagraph (a), for “£20” there shall be substituted “£30”;
(ii)
“(b)
£90 per annum for each hectare of broadleaved woodland and which under the agreement is subject to the additional provision specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2;”;
(iii)
subparagraph (c) shall be deleted;
(iv)
in subparagraph (g), for “£90” there shall be substituted “£150”;
(v)
in subparagraph (h), for “£50” there shall be substituted “£90”;
(vi)
in subparagraph (i), for “£80” there shall be substituted “£150”;
(vii)
in subparagraph (j), for “£80” there shall be substituted “£125”.
(b)
“(6)
Where an agreement includes a conservation plan, the Secretary of State shall also make payments in respect of operations included in the plan, subject to a maximum of £20,000 for that agreement.”.
(c)
paragraph (7) shall be deleted.
(4)
“2.
As regards any land which is the subject of an agreement and which is broadleaved woodland the farmer shall exclude livestock.”.
(5)
In Schedule 4 (conservation plan operations)—
(a)
in paragraph 6 the word “traditional”, where it occurs before the word “farm”, shall be deleted and the words “using traditional materials” shall be inserted after the word “buildings”.
(b)
“10.
The control of Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera).
11.
The provision of protective fencing for broadleaved woodland.”.
Saving3.
(1)
Paragraph (3) of article 2 of this Order shall not apply in respect of any annual payment to a farmer which relates wholly or in part to any period before 1st May 1997.
(2)
Paragraph (4) of article 2 of this Order shall not apply in relation to any agreement made before 1st May 1997.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
We consent,
This Order amends the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Ynys Môn)Designation Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1210) which designated an area comprising the County of the Isle of Anglesey as an environmentally sensitive area, in compliance with Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2078/92 (OJ No. L215, 30.7.92, p. 85) on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements of the protection of the environment and the maintenance of the countryside.
The Order amends and adds definitions, amends the rates of payments to be made by the Secretary of State pursuant to a management agreement made under section 18(3) of the Agriculture Act 1986 removes certain additional provisions relating to the management of broadleaved woodland, amends the description of one of the operations that may be included in a conservation plan and adds to the list of such operations (articles 2 and 3).
No Compliance Cost Assessment in relation to this Order has been prepared.