Paragraph 1 InterpretationI1

For the purposes of this Schedule—

• “sensitive areas” means—

  1. (a)

     land to which Article 14(1) of the Nature Conservation and Amenity Lands (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 ^f1(in this paragraph the 1985 Order) applies (areas of outstanding natural beauty);

  2. (b)

     land notified under Article 28 of the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 ^f2(areas of special scientific interest);

  3. (c)

     a national park within the meaning of the 1985 Order;

  4. (d)

     a nature reserve within the meaning of the 1985 Order;

  5. (e)

     a property appearing on the World Heritage List kept under Article 11(2) of the 1972 UNESCO Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage^f3;

  6. (f)

     a scheduled historic monument within the meaning of the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f4;

  7. (g)

     a European site within the meaning of regulation 9 of the F1Habitats Regulations ;

• “specified threshold” means any threshold specified in hectares in Column 2 or 3 of the Table in paragraph 2.