The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Avon Valley) Designation (Amendment) Order 1995

• Citation: S.I. 1995/197
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Avon Valley) 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 (Avon Valley) 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 principal Order—

(1) for paragraph (2), there shall be substituted the following paragraph:

(2) Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in Schedule 3 in relation to any land, the Minister shall make payments at the rate of £260 per annum for each hectare of that land.

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

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

(3) for paragraph (3), there shall be substituted the following paragraph:

(3) Where an agreement includes a conservation plan, the Minister shall also make payments in respect of the operation included in the plan, subject to a maximum of £15,000 for each agreement.

Section 5 Saving

Article 4(1) and (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 April 1995.