The Sheep Annual Premium and Suckler Cow Premium Quotas Regulations 1993

Regulations 2, 8 and 9

SCHEDULE SENSITIVE ZONES

Less-favoured farming areas in England

1.  The areas of England that are situated—

(a) within the area included in the list of less-favoured farming areas established under Article 2(2) of Council Directive 75/268/EEC on mountain and hill farming and farming in less-favoured areas(1), as amended by Council Directive 80/6/EEC(2), which list is contained in Council Directive 84/169/EEC(3), as amended by Commission Decision 91/25/EEC(4); and

(b) within the area shaded blue or shaded pink on the designated maps, as defined in regulation 2(a) of the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1992(5)

Less-favoured farming areas in Wales

2.  The areas of Wales that are situated as described in item 1 above.

Less-favoured farming areas in the Scottish Highlands and Islands

3.  The areas of Scotland that are situated as described in item 1 above and that are within the areas of operation of the Highlands and Islands Enterprise designated by or under section 21 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990(6).

Other less-favoured farming areas in Scotland

4.  The areas of Scotland that are situated as described in item 1 above and that are not within sensitive zone 3.

The rest of Great Britain

5.  The areas of Great Britain that are not within sensitive zones 1 to 4.

Less-favoured farming areas in Northern Ireland

6.  The areas of Northern Ireland that are situated as described in paragraph (a) of item 1 above and that are within the area shaded blue or shaded pink on the designated map, as defined in regulation 2(2) of the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(7).

The rest of Northern Ireland

7.  The areas of Northern Ireland that are not within sensitive zone 6.

(1)

OJ No. L128, 19.5.75, p.1.

(2)

OJ No. L180, 14.7.80, p.34.

(3)

OJ No. L82, 26.3.84, p.67.

(4)

OJ No. L16, 22.1.91, p.25.

(5)

S.I. 1992/269.

(6)

1990 c. 35.

(7)

S.R. (N.I.) 1992 No. 68.