Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations–

• “farm” includes livestock unit, and has the same meaning which it has in Annex III, paragraph 2 of Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources^f1;

• “nitrate vulnerable zone” means the area designated as a nitrate vulnerable zone in accordance with regulation 3 of the Protection of Water Against Agricultural Nitrate Pollution (Scotland) Regulations 1996^f2;

• “the Committee” means the Hill Farming Advisory Committee constituted under section 32 of the Hill Farming Act 1946^f3;

• “SEPA” means the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.