The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Wales) Designation Orders (Amendment) Regulations 1996
These Regulations amend the environmentally sensitive areas designation orders made under section 18 of the Agriculture Act 1986 designating areas in Wales as environmentally sensitive areas, which implement in part a zonal programme approved by the European Commission (“the Commission”) under Article 7 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2078/92 (OJ No. L215, 30.7.92, p. 85) (“the Agri-environment Regulation”) on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements of protection of the environment and the maintenance of the countryside.