The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Wales) Designation Orders (Amendment) Order 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 1175

AGRICULTURE

WALES

The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Wales) Designation Orders (Amendment) Order 1999

Made

16th April 1999

Laid before Parliament

20th April 1999

Coming into force

11th May 1999

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

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 18(1) and (4)(2) 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, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Wales) Designation Orders (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 11th May 1999.

(2) In this Order “the principal Orders” means the Orders specified in the Schedule to this Order.

Amendment of the principal Orders

2.—(1) The principal Orders shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2) below.

(2) After article 6 of each of the principal Orders there shall be inserted the following article–

“Closing date for applications to enter an agreement

7.   The Secretary of State shall not enter into an agreement with any person unless an application to enter the agreement is received by the Secretary of State before 11th May 1999.”.

Alun Michael

Secretary of State for Wales

15th April 1999

We consent,

David Jamieson

John Dowd

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

16th April 1999

Article 1(2)

SCHEDULE LIST OF PRINCIPAL ORDERS

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Cambrian Mountains) Designation Order 1986(3)

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Cambrian Mountains-Extension) Designation Order 1987(4)

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Lleyn Peninsula) Designation Order 1987(5)

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Ynys Môn) Designation Order 1993(6)

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Radnor) Designation Order 1993(7)

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Clwydian Range) Designation Order 1994(8)

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Preseli) Designation Order 1994(9)

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the environmentally sensitive areas designation orders made under section 18 of the Agriculture Act 1986 (“the 1986 Act”) designating areas in Wales as environmentally sensitive areas, which implement in part a zonal programme approved by the European Commission under article 7 of 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.

Section 18(3) of the 1986 Act enables the Secretary of State to enter into a management agreement with any person having an interest in agricultural land in a designated area if the Secretary of State considers that conservation of environmental features in that area may thereby be facilitated. This Order provides that in relation to each of the designated areas the Secretary of State shall not enter into such a management agreement unless the application to enter that agreement has been received by him before 11th May 1999.

No regulatory appraisal has been prepared in respect of this Order.

(1)

1986 c. 49; section 18(11) defines “the Minister”.

(2)

section 18(4) was amended by S.I. 1994/249.

(3)

S.I. 1986/2257, amended by S.I. 1988/173, 1992/1359, 1992/2342, 1995/243, 1996/3077 and 1997/970.

(4)

S.I. 1987/2026, amended by S.I. 1988/173, 1994/240, 1995/242, 1996/3077 and 1997/971.

(5)

S.I. 1987/2027. amended by S.I. 1988/173, 1994/241, 1995/242, 1996/3077 and 1997/972.

(6)

S.I. 1993/1210, amended by S.I. 1993/2422, 1995/242, 1996/3077 and 1997/975.

(7)

S.I. 1993/1211, amended by S.I. 1995/242, 1996/3077 and 1996/976.

(8)

S.I. 1994/238, amended by S.I. 1995/242, 1996/3077 and 1997/973.

(9)

S.I. 1994/239, amended by S.I. 1995/242, 1996/3077, 1997/974 and 1997/2868.