The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Breadalbane) Designation (Amendment) Order 1995

• Citation: S.I. 1995/3096
• Sections: 2

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Breadalbane) Designation (Amendment) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 21st December 1995.

Section 2

(1) The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Breadalbane) Designation Order 1992 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

(2) In article 2(1)—

(a) the definition of “enclosed land” shall be omitted; and

(b) the following definition shall be inserted in the appropriate place:—

“inbye land” means that part of a farm not comprising the hill and rough grazings, the bulk of which is used for arable and grassland production;

(3) In article 6, for the word “enclosed” there shall be substituted the word “inbye”.

(4) For article 7 there shall be substituted the following:—

(7) Where an agreement identifies expenditure required to undertake additional farming operations specified in paragraph 10(b) of the Schedule to this Order, the Secretary of State shall make additional payments for each 5 year farm conservation plan according to the farming operations to be carried out. Such payments shall be at a rate to be determined by the Secretary of State—

(a) in the case of an agreement entered into on or after 21st December 1995, up to a maximum of £25,000 for each 5 year farm conservation plan; and

(b) in the case of an agreement entered into before that date, up to a maximum of the amount calculated by multiplying the number of remaining whole 12 month periods of the 5 year farm conservation plan by the figure of £5,000.

(5) In the Schedule—

(a) in paragraph 5 the words “undertake to” shall be omitted; and

(b) in paragraph 10 for the words “The farm conservation plan will relate to the first 5 year period of the Scheme” there shall be substituted the words “Each farm conservation plan will cover a 5 year period of the agreement”.