
1 
This order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Kent Marshes) Designation (Amendment) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 28th February 1995.
2 
In this Order “the principal Order” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Kent Marshes) Designation Order 1993.
3 
The principal Order shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.
4 
In article 6 of the principal Order—
(1) for paragraph (2), there shall be substituted the following paragraph:“
(2) Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in Schedule 3 in relation to any land, the Minister shall make payments at the rate of £260 per annum for each hectare of that land.”;
(2) after paragraph (2), there shall be inserted the following paragraph:“
(2A) Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in Schedule 2 in relation to any land, the Minister shall make additional payments at the rate of £50 per annum for each hectare of that land”;
(3) for paragraph (3), there shall be substituted the following paragraph:“
(3) Where an agreement includes a conservation plan, the Minister shall also make payments in respect of the operations included in the plan, subject to a maximum of £15,000 for each agreement.”.
5 
In Schedule 2 to the principal Order, for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:“
(1) the farmer shall ensure that a depth of at least 30 centimetres of water is provided in the bottoms of ditches and dykes from 1st May until 30th November in any year;”.
6 
Article 4(1) and (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 April 1995.
Howe
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
26th January 1995We consent.
Timothy Kirkhope
Tim Wood
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
23rd January 1995