The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Suffolk River Valleys) Designation (Amendment) Order 1994

• Citation: S.I. 1994/920
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Suffolk River Valleys) Designation (Amendment) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 30th April 1994.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Suffolk River Valleys) Designation Order 1993 .

Section 3 Amendment of the principal Order

The principal Order shall be amended i accordance with the following provisions of this Order.

Section 4 Definitions

In article 2 of the principal Order—

(1) before the definition of “agreement” there shall be inserted the following definition:

“access route” means a strip of land 10 metres wide which is the subject of an agreement including the requirements specified in Schedule 1A as to public access;

(2) after the definition of “agreement” there shall be inserted the following definition:

“conservation plan” means a plan for the carrying out of one or more of the operations specified in Schedule 6 which the farmer undertakes, as part of an agreement, to implement within a period of two years;

(3) after the definition of “permanent grassland” there shall be inserted the following definition:

“recognised dairy breed” means one of the following breeds, namely, Ayrshire, British Friesian, British Holstein, Dairy Shorthorn, Guernsey, Jersey and Kerry;

Section 5 Requirements to be included in an agreement

After article 4 of the principal Order there shall be inserted the following article:

(4A) An agreement may include the requirements as to public access specified in Schedule 1A to this Order.

Section 6 Rates of payment under agreement

(1) After paragraph (1)

of article 6 of the principal Order there shall be inserted the following paragraph:

(1A) Where an agreement includes the requirements as to public access specified in Schedule 1A the Minister shall make payments at a rate of £170 per annum for each hectare of access route.

(2) For paragraph (4)

of article 6 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following paragraph:

(4) Where an agreement includes a conservation plan, the Minister shall also make payments in respect of the aggregate of the operations included in the plan at a rate not exceeding 75 per annum for each hectare of land to which the agreement relates, subject to a maximum of £3,000 for each such plan.

Section 7 Schedules

(1) After Schedule 1 to the principal Order there shall be inserted the provisions of the Schedule to this Order.

(2) After paragraph 9 of Schedule 6 to the principal Order there shall be inserted the following paragraph:

(10) The provision and restoration of gates, stiles and footbridges where an agreement includes the requirements of Schedule 1A as to public access.