Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 975

The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Ynys Môn) Designation (Amendment) Order 1997

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(a) in the definition of the word "bank", for the word "or" where it occurs immediately after the word "stone", there shall be substituted the word "and";

(b) after the definition of "conservation headland" there shall be added the following definition - 

" "conservation plan" means a plan for the carrying out of one or more of the operations specified in Schedule 4 which the farmer undertakes, as part of an agreement, to implement within a period of two years;";

(c) in the definition of the word "heather", after the words "Erica tetralix", there shall be inserted the words ", Vaccinium myrtillus".

    (3) In article 6 (rates of payment under agreement) - 

(a) in paragraph (4) - 


(i) in subparagraph (a), for "£20" there shall be substituted "£30";

(ii) for subparagraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub- paragraph - 


" (b) £90 per annum for each hectare of broadleaved woodland and which under the agreement is subject to the additional provision specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2;";


(iii) subparagraph (c) shall be deleted;

(iv) in subparagraph (g), for "£90" there shall be substituted "£150";

(v) in subparagraph (h), for "£50" there shall be substituted "£90";

(vi) in subparagraph (i), for "£80" there shall be substituted "£150";

(vii) in subparagraph (j), for "£80" there shall be substituted "£125".



(b) for paragraph (6) there shall be substituted the following paragraph - 

    " (6) Where an agreement includes a conservation plan, the Secretary of State shall also make payments in respect of operations included in the plan, subject to a maximum of £20,000 for that agreement.".

(c) paragraph (7) shall be deleted.

    (4) For paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 there shall be substituted the following paragraph - 

     " 2. As regards any land which is the subject of an agreement and which is broadleaved woodland the farmer shall exclude livestock.".

    (5) In Schedule 4 (conservation plan operations) - 

(a) in paragraph 6 the word "traditional", where it occurs before the word "farm", shall be deleted and the words "using traditional materials" shall be inserted after the word "buildings".

(b) after paragraph 9 there shall be inserted the following paragraphs - 

     " 10. The control of Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera).

     11 . The provision of protective fencing for broadleaved woodland.".

Saving
     3 .  - (1) Paragraph (3) 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 1st May 1997.

    (2) Paragraph (4) of article 2 of this Order shall not apply in relation to any agreement made before 1st May 1997.



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Jonathan Evans
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

17th March 1997


We consent,

Roger Knapman
Patrick McLoughlin
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

19th March 1997

[2] The provisions in section 18 of the Agriculture Act 1986 concerning Nature Conservancy Councils were amended by part VII of, and paragraph 13 of Schedule 9 to, the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43). back

[3] S.I. 1993/1210, amended by S.I. 1993/2422, 1995/242 and 1996/3077. back