The Countryside Stewardship (Amendment) Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/1177
• Sections: 13

Section 1 Title and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Countryside Stewardship (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 20th May 1999.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Countryside Stewardship Regulations 1998 , and, unless the context otherwise requires, “Schedule 1” means Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (activities and items in respect of which the Minister may make grants).

Section 3 Amendment of the principal Regulations

The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of regulations 4 to 7 of these Regulations.

Section 4 Amendment of the principal Regulations

In Part I of Schedule 1 (management activities)–

(a) for the entries set out in column 1 (activity) and column 2 (maximum payment rate), respectively, in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6, there shall be substituted the entries in columns 1 and 2 in the respective paragraphs set out in Part I of Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and

(b) in paragraph 7, after sub-paragraph (h), there shall be inserted in columns 1 and 2 the entries in the sub-paragraphs set out in the respective columns in Part II of Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

Section 5 Amendment of the principal Regulations

In Part II of Schedule 1 (capital activities), in paragraph 5, after sub-paragraph (a) there shall be inserted in columns 1 and 2 the entries in the sub-paragraph set out in the respective columns in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Section 6 Amendment of the principal Regulations

In Part III of Schedule 1 (advice), after paragraph 3 there shall be inserted in columns 1 and 2 the entries in the paragraph set out in the respective columns in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

Section 7 Amendment of the principal Regulations

In Part IV of Schedule 1 (interpretation), in paragraph 1, the following definitions shall be inserted in the alphabetically appropriate place–

“heather moorland” means upland rough pasture where heather and other dwarf shrubs are present in the sward;

“land which has been set aside” means land set aside in accordance with the provisions–

of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No. 1765/92 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops , as last amended by Council Regulation ( EC ) No. 1624/98 , and as read with Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1635/98 , Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3738/92 and Council Regulation 1598/96 ; and

of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 762/94 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1765/92 with regard to the set-aside scheme , as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1981/98 , as in turn amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) 2490/98 .

Section 1

In relation to hay meadows–

(a) management of lowland meadowland of more than 3 hectares

Section 2

In relation to grazed pasture–

Section 3

In relationship to upland moorland–

Section 4

In relation to cultivated land–

Section 6

In relation to field margins–

Section 4

Payment in respect of a survey of environmental features on upland holdings.