
1 
This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Kent Marshes) Designation (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997.
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—
(a) in paragraph (1), for the amount “£115” there shall be substituted the amount “£130”;
(b) in paragraph (2), in the table, in the right hand column—
(i) for the figure “£165” there shall be substituted the figure “£180”, and
(ii) for the figure “£260” there shall be substituted the figure “£265”.
5 
In Schedule 4 (conservation plan operations) to the principal Order, in paragraph 3, before the word “restoration” there shall be inserted the words “creation or”.
6 
The amendments made to the principal Order by article 4 of this Order shall not apply in respect of any annual payment made to a farmer which relates wholly or in part to any period before 1st April 1997.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
4th June 1997We consent,
Bob Ainsworth
Jon Owen Jones
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
5th June 1997