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(1) This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Central Borders) Designation Amendment Order 2001 and shall come into force on 8th March 2001.
(2) In this Order “the principal Order” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Central Borders) Designation Order 1993.
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(1) In article 7(a) of the principal Order–
(a) for “15th August 1996” there shall be substituted “8th March 2001”; and
(b) for the figure “£25,000” there shall be substituted the figure “£30,000”.
(2) For article 7(b) of the principal Order there shall be substituted–“
(b) in the case of an agreement entered into before that date, up to a maximum rate for each 5 year conservation plan of £37,500 for specially identified wetlands and £30,000 for other operations included in such agreement, which agreement had commenced but which had not ended before that date.”.
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For paragraph 10(b)(vi) of the Schedule to the principal Order, there shall be substituted–“
 if the farmer so wishes, measures to restore or create dykes, hedges and ponds and measures to restore stone fanks and hedgerow trees, in each case to standards consistent with conservation interests;”.
ROSS FINNIE
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
6th February 2001