The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Preseli) Designation (Amendment No. 2) Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/2868
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Preseli) Designation (Amendment No. 2) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 5th January 1998.

Section 2 Amendment of the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Preseli) Designation Order 1994

(1) The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Preseli) Designation Order 1994 shall be further amended in accordance with the following paragraph of this article.

(2) In paragraph (3) of article 6 (rates of payment under agreement)—

(i) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

(b) £60 per annum for each hectare of enclosed semi-natural rough grazings which do not include heather;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

(bb) £35 per annum for each hectare of enclosed partially improved grassland or enclosed unimproved grassland;

Section 3 Saving

Paragraph (2) of article 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 5 January 1998.