The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Central Borders) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/1964
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Central Borders) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 15th August 1996.

(2) In this Order–

“the principal Order ” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Central Borders) Designation Order 1993 .

Section 2 Amendment of the principal Order

In article 2(1) of the principal Order (interpretation) for the definition of “wetlands” there shall be substituted the following definition:–

“wetlands” means ground which does not constitute rough grazings and is saturated with water for a significant proportion of the year.

Section 3 Amendment of the principal Order

In article 7 of the principal Order (payments for additional agricultural operations) for the words “Such payments” to the end there shall be substituted–

Such payments shall be at a rate to be determined by the Secretary of State–

in the case of an agreement entered into on or after 15th August 1996, up to a maximum rate for each 5 year conservation plan of £37,500 for specially identified wetlands and £25,000 for other operations; and

in the case of an agreement entered into before that date–

for the year of the 5 year conservation plan included in such agreement which commenced but which had not ended before that date, up to a maximum rate of £135 per annum for each hectare of land to which the agreement relates, or at the rate of £5,000 per annum per individual farm business, whichever is the lower; and

for the whole years or remaining whole years of such 5 year conservation plan, up to a maximum rate calculated by multiplying £7,500 for specially identified wetlands and £5,000 for other operations by the number of those whole years or remaining whole years.

Section 4 Amendment of the principal Order

In paragraph 10 of the Schedule to the principal Order (requirements to be included in an agreement) for the word “Scheme” there shall be substituted the word “agreement”.