
1 
This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Somerset Levels and Moors) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 17th April 1996.
2 

(1) The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Somerset Levels and Moors) Designation Order 1922 shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2) of this article.
(2) In article 6 (rates of payment under agreement).—
(a) in paragraph (1), for “£125” there shall be substituted “£130”; and
(b) in paragraph (2), for the table there shall be substituted the following table:“

 £ per hectare of land per annum
Schedule 2 215
Schedule 3 80
Schedule 4 415”.
3 
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 April 1996.
Tim Boswell
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
25th March 1996We consent,
Simon Burns
Liam Fox
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
21st March 1996