The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Suffolk River Valleys) Designation (Amendment) Order 1995

• Citation: S.I. 1995/194
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Suffolk River Valleys) Designation (Amendment) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 28th February 1995.

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 in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.

Section 4 Rates of payment under agreement

In article 6 of the principalOrder—

(1) in paragraph (1), for the amount “£220”, there shall be substituted the amount “£240”;

(2) in paragraph (2)—

(a) the figure “3” shall be deleted;

(b) in the table—

(i) in the left hand column, the words “Schedule 3” shall be deleted;

(ii) in the right hand column, on the corresponding line, the figure “30” shall be deleted;

(iii) in the right hand column, for the figure “220”, there shall be substituted the figure “240”;

(3) after paragraph (2), there shall be inserted the following paragraph:

(2A) Where an agreement includes the additioinal provisions specified in Schedule 3 in relation to any land, the Minister shall make additional payments at the rate of £50 per annum for each hectare of that land.

(4) for paragraph (4), 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 operations included in the plan, subject to a maximum of £15,000 for each agreement.

Section 5 Saving

Article 4(1), (2) and (3) 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 April1995.