WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981, SECTION 29

Clayton to Offham Escarpment (East Sussex) Nature Conservation Order 1997

Notice is hereby given under paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 11 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 that the Secretary of State has considered the above-named unopposed Order and does not propose to amend or revoke it. In consequence the Order which took effect on 17th April 1997 will continue in effect.   The general effect of the Order is to impose restrictions on the carrying out of certain operations specified in the Order on the land described in Schedule 1 to the Order (an area of some 16 hectares of land situated within the Clayton to Offham Escarpment SSSI, East Sussex, the exact delineation of which is set out on the plan referred to in the Order).   Copies of the Order and map referred to in it and of this notice have been deposited at the offices of the Lewes District Council, Lewes House, 32 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2LX. They may be seen, free of charge, at all reasonable hours.   Any person who is aggrieved by the Order and desires to question its validity on the grounds that it is not within the powers of section 29 of the 1981 Act, or that any of the requirements of Schedule 11 to that Act had not been complied with in relation to it, may, within 6 weeks from the date of this notice, make application to the High Court under paragraph 7 of the said Schedule. R. M. Pritchard, duly authorised by the Secretary of State to sign in that behalf. 14th January 1998.