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This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Stage III) Designation (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 15th October 2001.
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In this Order “the principal Order” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Stage III) Designation Order 2000.
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(1) Article 4(2)(b) of the principal Order shall be amended by the substitution of “16” for the figure “15”, and of “2” for the figure “5”.
(2) Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the principal Order shall be amended, in column 2, by the substitution—
(a) in item 1, of “35” for the figure “25”;
(b) in item 2, of “135” for the figure “110”;
(c) in item 3, of “50” for the figure “45”;
(d) in item 4, of “40” for the figure “35”;
(e) in item 5, of “330” for the figure “295”;
(f) in item 6(a), of “300” for the figure “265”; and
(g) in item 6(b), of “425” for the figure “400”.
(3) Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the principal Order shall be amended as follows—
(a) in item 1, by the substitution in column 2 of “16” for the figure “14”;
(b) in item 2, by the substitution in column 2 of “19” for the figure “18”;
(c) in item 3, by the substitution in column 2 of “31” for the figure “30”;
(d) in item 4, by the substitution in column 2 of “40” for the figure “38”;
(e) in item 5, by the substitution in column 2 of “12” for the figure “10”;
(f) in item 11—
(i) by the substitution for the entry in column 1 of the words—“
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Management of woodland to enhance its nature conservation and landscape value.”; and
(ii) in column 2, by deleting the figure “14”;
(g) in item 15, by the substitution in column 2 of “£0.24 per metre” for “£24 per metre”; and
(h) in item 16, by the substitution in column 2 of “25” for the figure “27”.
(4) For Part 3 of Schedule 3 to the principal Order there shall be substituted Part 3 as set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.
(5) Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the principal Order shall be amended, in column 2, by the substitution—
(a) in item 2, of “290” for the figure “230”; and
(b) in item 3(a), of “275” for the figure “265”.
(6) Part 3 of Schedule 5 to the principal Order shall be amended, in column 2, by the substitution—
(a) in item 1, of “11” for the figure “10”;
(b) in item 2, of “42” for the figure “40”;
(c) in item 3, of “65” for the figure “60”;
(d) in item 6, of “60” for the figure “65”; and
(e) in item 10, of “35” for the figure “38”.
(7) Schedule 6 shall be amended by the substitution—
(a) in Part 2, for “Restoration of ponds.”, of the words “The creation or restoration of ponds.”; and
(b) for Part 3, of Part 3 as set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
19th September 2001We consent,
Tony McNulty
Gordon Brown
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
20th September 2001
SCHEDULE 1
Article 3(4)
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PART 3

Column 1 Column 2
Activity Maximum rate in £ per hectare of land per annum (except where otherwise stated)
1. Maintenance of cultivated land.  12
2. Management of inbye land. 47
3. Management of intake land. 22
4. Maintenance of fell without heather. 25
5. As regards heather fell— 
 (a) maintenance of heather fell 38
 (b) management of heather fell 42
 (c) enhanced management of heather fell. 50
6. Management of meadowland. 200
7. Management of other habitats through controlled grazing and restricted agricultural admixtures. 100
8. Where management of any kind referred to in item 5(a), (b) or (c) is undertaken, additional management for the purpose of the early adoption of winter stocking restrictions. 15
9. Management of woodland to enhance its nature conservation and landscape value. 200
10. The provision of public access routes. 170
11. Management of any kind referred to in items 1 to 9 above which is undertaken in relation to common land. 5
12. Hedgerow restoration. £4 per metre
13. In relation to walls— 
 (a) restoration £20 per metre
 (b) top wiring supplement. £1 per metre
14. Management of pasture land. 105
15. Management of wetland. 70”
SCHEDULE 2
Article 3(7)(b)
“
PART 3

Column 1 Column 2
Activity Maximum rate in £ per hectare of land per annum (except where otherwise stated)
1. Maintenance of cultivated land. 18
2. Management of enclosed permanent grassland. 50
3. Management of enclosed permanent rough grazing. 46
4. Enhanced management of pasture. 110
5. Enhanced management of meadowland. 170
6. Regeneration to create extensive pasture. 160
7. Regeneration to create extensive meadowland. 170
8. Where management of any kind under item 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 is undertaken, additional management so as to create wet areas. 90
9. In relation to moorland— 
 (a) maintenance of moorland 32
 (b) enhanced management of moorland 62
 (c) regeneration of moorland through temporary stock exclusion. 30
10. Management of woodland to enhance its nature conservation and landscape value. 120
11. The provision of public access routes. 170
12. In relation to walls— 
 (a) restoration £20 per metre
 (b) top wiring supplement. £1 per metre”