1991 No. 1993
The Set-Aside (Amendment) Regulations 1991
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, being Ministers designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Economic Community, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by the said section 2(2) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:
Title and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Set-Aside (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st October 1991.
Amendment of the Set-Aside Regulations 1988
2
The Set-Aside Regulations 19883 shall be further amended in accordance with regulation 3 below.
3
In regulation 2(1) thereof (interpretation):
a
for the definition of “designated maps” there shall be substituted the following definition:
“designated maps” means–
- a
in relation to England, the 3 volumes of maps numbered 1 to 3, each such volume being marked “volume of maps of less-favoured farming areas in England” and with the number of the volume, dated 20th May 1991, signed and sealed by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and deposited at the offices of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food at Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR;
- b
in relation to Wales, the 2 volumes of maps numbered 1 and 2, both volumes being marked “volume of maps of less-favoured farming areas in Wales” and with the number of the volume, dated 20th May 1991, signed by the Secretary of State for Wales and deposited at the offices of the Welsh Office Agriculture Department at Trawsgoed, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 4HT;
- c
in relation to Scotland, the 4 maps numbered 1 to 4, each such map being marked “map of less-favoured farming areas in Scotland” and with the number of the map, dated 15th May 1991, signed by the Secretary of State for Scotland and deposited at the offices of the Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department at Pentland House, 47 Robb’s Loan, Edinburgh EH14 1TW;
b
for sub-paragraph (a) of the definition of “less-favoured area” there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph:
a
which is situated in an area included in the list of less-favoured farming areas adopted by the Council or the Commission of the European Communities under Article 2(2) of Council Directive 75/268/EEC4 on mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas, as amended by Council Directive 80/666/EEC5, which list is contained in Council Directive 84/169/EEC6, as amended by Commission Decision 91/25/EEC7, and
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 2nd September 1991.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)