The Environmental Stewardship (England) and Countryside Stewardship (Amendment) Regulations 2006

• Citation: S.I. 2006/991
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Stewardship (England) and Countryside Stewardship (Amendment) Regulations 2006.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 30th April 2006.

Section 2 Amendment of the Environmental Stewardship (England) Regulations 2005

(1) Schedule 2 to the Environmental Stewardship (England) Regulations 2005 is amended as follows.

(2) In Part 1 (interpretation), at the appropriate place, insert—

“native breed at risk” means a native breed of livestock, of which the number of breeding females in the United Kingdom is, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, lower than the threshold for it in Annex 1 of Commission Regulation ( EC ) No 817/2004 (laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund ( EAGGF )), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1360/2005 ;

“traditional farm building” means a building or part of a building constructed for a use associated with agriculture—

using traditional methods and materials, or

which is, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, of historic or landscape interest;

(3) In the table in Part 2—

(a) at the end of paragraph 4, add—

(b) at the end of paragraph 10, add—

(4) In the table in Part 3—

(a) in column 2 of entry (i) of paragraph 9, for “environmental stewardship agreement” substitute “year”;

(b) at the end of paragraph 13, add—

(5) In the table in Part 4, omit—

(a) in paragraph 1, entry (f);

(b) in paragraph 5, entry (h);

(c) in paragraph 13, entry (a).

Section 3 Amendment of the Countryside Stewardship Regulations 2000

Paragraph 8 of Part I of the Schedule to the Countryside Stewardship Regulations 2000 is amended as follows—

(a) in column 2 of entry (d), for “£1,100 per agreement year” substitute “£100 per visit”;

(b) at the end, add—