The Countryside Stewardship (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Made: 16th February 2022
Laid before Parliament: 17th February 2022
Coming into force: 11th March 2022
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 98 of the Environment Act 1995[^f00001].
Citation, commencement, extent and application
1
- (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Countryside Stewardship (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 11th March 2022.
- (2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales but apply to England only.
Amendment to the Countryside Stewardship (England) Regulations 2020
2
In the Countryside Stewardship (England) Regulations 2020[^f00002], for Part 2 of the Schedule (management activities) substitute the new Part 2 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
SCHEDULE — NEW PART 2 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2020
Signed
Victoria Prentis — Minister of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 16th February 2022
We consent
Amanda Solloway — Michael Tomlinson — Two of the Lord Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 14th February 2022
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations further amend the Countryside Stewardship (England) Regulations 2020 (“the 2020 Regulations”) (S.I. 2020/41) and are made pursuant to section 98 of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25).
Regulation 2 amends, with effect from 11th March 2022, the maximum payment rates per agreement year for management activities carried out as part of a countryside stewardship agreement under regulation 3 of the 2020 Regulations.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1995 c. 25, as amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No.2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1820). Section 98(5) defines the appropriate Minister. The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (which related only to England) were transferred to the Secretary of State by virtue of article 2(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).
[^f00002]: S.I. 2020/41 as amended by S.I. 2021/42.
[^f00003]: “SDA” is defined in Part 1 of the Schedule to S.I. 2020/41.
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