LegalizeThe Countryside Stewardship (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Made: at 1.55 p.m. on 18th March 2024
Laid before Parliament: at 4.30 p.m. on 18th March 2024
Coming into force: 8th April 2024
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
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- (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Countryside Stewardship (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 8th April 2024.
- (2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales but apply to England only.
Amendment to the Countryside Stewardship (England) Regulations 2020
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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
Mark Spencer — Minister of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — At 1.55 p.m. on 18th March 2024
We consent
Joy Morrissey — Amanda Milling — Two of the Lord Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury — 14th March 2024
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 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.
These Regulations also make minor amendments to improve clarity.
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, 2022/141, 2023/159, 968.
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