Article 2 Interpretation

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

art. 2(1) words revoked by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Avon Valley) Designation 1998 art. 4
art. 2(1) words inserted by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Avon Valley) Designation 1998 art. 4
art.2 (defns of access route, conservation plan and recognised dairy breed) added by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Avon Valley) Designation 1994 art.4
art. 2(1) words inserted by Environmentally Sensitive Areas Designation Orders 1996 reg. 2(2) Sch. Pt. 1 Section B
art. 2(1) words inserted by S.I. 1996/3104, reg. 2(2) cease to have effect (with saving) by Environmentally Sensitive Areas Designation Orders (Revocation of Specified Provisions) 1998 reg. 4 Sch.

(1)

In this Order –

“agreement” means an agreement under section 18(3) of the Agriculture Act 1986 as respects agricultural land in the area designated by article 3;
“farmer” means a person who has an interest in agricultural land in the area designated by article 3 and who also has entered into an agreement with the Minister;
“fen habitat” means an area of semi-natural vegetation which is waterlogged throughout the year;
“grassland” means land on which the vegetation consists primarily of grass species;
“livestock unit” means –
1. (a)
  
  1 bovine animal more than two years old, or
2. (b)
  
  1.66 bovine animals from six months old to two years old inclusive, or
3. (c)
  
  6.66 sheep;
“woodland” means land used for woodland where that use in ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes.

(2)

Any reference in this Order to a numbered article or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to the article or Schedule bearing that number in this Order.