Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Stage III) Order 2000 (“the principal Order”) which designated areas in the Avon Valley, Exmoor, Lake District, North Kent Marshes, South Wessex Downs and South West Peak as environmentally sensitive areas.
The Order amends, with effect from 15th October 2001, some of the rates of payments to be made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to a management agreement made under section 18(3) of the Agriculture Act 1986 and rectifies some errors contained in the principal Order (article 3).
No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in respect of this Order.